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I'm a YA librarian and author, represented by Adriann Ranta of Wolf Literary. My YA debut, NOT A DROP TO DRINK, is a survival tale set in a world with limited fresh water. It will be available from Katherine Tegen / Harper Collins, September 9, 2013.

I'm an avid blogger, posting six days a week to my personal blog, Writer, Writer Pants on Fire, which features interviews with agents, established authors, and debut authors. Learn how they landed their agents, what the submission process is really like, and how it feels when you see your cover for the first time. I also do query critiques every Saturday on the Saturday Slash for those who are brave enough to volunteer.

I also contribute to the group blogs From the Write Angle, Book Pregnant, Fri...more


A new BBCHAT awaits you! For my new followers, this is an acronym for BigBlackCat's Humane Agent Talk: In Which A Particularly Agreeable Agent Answers a Series of Questions that Have Nothing to do with Queries or Submission Guidelines. Yeah, don't try to make an acronym out of that last bit.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 169 ratings · 64 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
Not a Drop to Drink
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 138 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 4 editions
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4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

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Mindy McGinnis is on page 284 of 447 of The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
" This book! That ending!

It's like the muses of Steinbeck and Hemingway got together and had a literary love child. Sparse and grim. Loved it.

*scrambles into hiding to let brain decompress* "
Transparent by Natalie Whipple
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Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
" This book is dark, bleak, and gruesome. But holy crap is it good. Had me hooked from page 1 and I stayed up til 2am to finish. It's one that you can't really stop thinking about afterwards and is perfect as a standalone. This goes in the "favorite... " Read more of this review »
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“There's a famous line from a poem about the ocean," Mother had finally said to end the discussion. "'Water water every where, but not a drop to drink.”
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message 6: by Mindy

Mindy McGinnis Pamela wrote: "Hey Mindy...Thanks for accepting my friend request."

Absolutely!


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Mindy McGinnis Amber wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request, Mindy. I am very much looking forward to reading Not a Drop to Drink. :)"

No problem - and thank you!


Pamela Hey Mindy...Thanks for accepting my friend request.


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Amber Thanks for accepting my friend request, Mindy. I am very much looking forward to reading Not a Drop to Drink. :)


message 2: by Mindy

Mindy McGinnis Oh absolutely! Thanks for wanting to be my friend :)


Christine Hatfield thanks for being my friend


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