Claudia Gray's Blog

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At first I wasn't posting much because (a) we were low on news, and (b) I've moved my more frequent updates to Facebook and Twitter (where you should follow me, if you aren't already!) -- but that only explains about two of the last five months. The rest of it got swallowed up in:

* my big move from NYC to Chicago, and from having a day job to writing full-time (hurray!),
* plans to move this from LJ to Wordpress, which are still in the works, and
* the writing fren...

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You will have noticed that I don't blog here as often as I used to. This is not b/c I'm reaching out less, but more of my activity has moved to my Facebook account (search for author Claudia Gray) and Twitter (ditto). I believe I'm linked on the website. These are the places to look day to day. That said, I'm certainly not giving up the blog, and when the happy day arrives that I can go FT as a writer, I may yet turn into a constant poster.

I got my HOURGLASS ARCs in today! Imagine my surpr

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I hope everyone is having a great Fourth of July, whether you're celebrating in the U.S. or just having a great Saturday somewhere else in the world. Mostly I'm writing today, but I am making a celebratory meal tonight: soft tacos and refried beans, because Mexican food is a fabulous way to celebrate American independence.

My personal extra reason for celebration: this fun interview by the good people of YA Highway! Take a look, check it out and be rewarded with a few small spoilers for HOURGL

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Just reminding you guys in the DC area that I'll be appearing (together with the fabulous Elizabeth Scott) at the Barnes & Noble in Tyson's Corner, VA on Saturday, June 27 at 1 p.m. That's this Saturday! I hope to see some of you guys there! I don't think we are doing any major event -- just hanging out and signing -- but that's all the more reason to come by, because I hope to really have a chance to talk with some of you.

I'm hanging out watching the death tribute documentaries for Farrah F

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YOU GUYS.

The awesome seanan_mcguire, an agency-mate whose wonderful book Rosemary and Rue debuts in September, decided that Evernight Academy needed a theme song. I love it! And the illustration is so perfect. Go and marvel! Figure out what tune it goes to!

Sorry I have been quiet here of late -- I keep wanting to wait and post when I DL my pics from my trips to Seattle and Portland on the "Supernatural Summer" tour, which keeps on not happening b/c I've been sick ever since. But the alma

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The new HarperTeen anthology VACATIONS FROM HELL should be arriving in bookstores today! Those of you who have read the other books in the FROM HELL series know that each one offers a series of supernatural short stories on a various theme -- in this case, summer vacations gone very, very wrong.

I will be particularly interested to hear what you guys think of my story, "I Don't Like Your Girlfriend," for one major reason: This is where the idea for the new series, SPELLCASTER, began.

There are

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Sorry I am so behind on posting -- I knew that I had some appearances coming up (and soon!), but I didn't get all the dates locked down until recently.

First things first: Although I was late in picking (at random) the winner of STARGAZER Contest #7, the lucky winner has now been chosen. Congrats to Sarah W.! She posted about the EVERNIGHT series at "Twilight Teens," and now she gets to name a character, either in AFTERLIFE (book four) or the spin-off Balthazar book, her choice. I look forwa

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Well, I've been saying for months that I'm behind, that things are crazy, that I'm way behind on the reader e-mail: At last I can reveal why, and what I've been working on, now that we've reached this very happy result. This is what my super-duper agent, Diana Fox, will be sending in to Publishers Weekly today --

YOUNG ADULT: EVERNIGHT author Claudia Gray's SPELLCASTER, the first in a three-book series in which a well-meaning young witch finds she must call upon darker powers to defeat a dangero

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Sorry I've been gone so long -- the days leading up to my break were pretty busy, and then I spent one wonderful week in London. But you know what that means:

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Ah, London.

On Sunday, we went to visit the Tower of London. This is the info sign in the courtyard, which gives helpful directions to the phones, the buses, etc. But one thing on that sign is not like the others --



From the Tower of London, we had unexpectedly terrific views of the London Marathon, which was run the Sunday I was in the

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I cannot count on eating dinner while watching "Bones." Particularly not when my chosen dinner is pizza, and the victim was -- well, like the one last night. Will I never learn?

Between being very, very busy and having a cold this week, I have not been posting or replying to e-mail as quickly as I should have been. But good things are happening! Stargazer is in its third week on the NYT bestsellers' list (woo!), I got to visit the HarperCollins offices for a little celebration party on Mond

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