Kerri Maniscalco's Blog, page 17

How to pre-order personalized/signed copies of Stalking Jack the Ripper

I’ve gotten quite a few questions on where/how to order a signed or personalized copy of STALKING JACK THE RIPPER (omg, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!) and thought it might help to post something here for easy reference.

During the tour each location will have signed stock available for order. However! If you’d like to pre-order a signed/personalized copy made out to you, then you just have to pre-order before the event date. (That way I’m there to make it out to you and doodle in your b...

Fall Tour Announcement!

hello everyone! *waves* i have been sitting on this news for a little while now and i am so, so excited that i can finally share the fall tour and STALKING JACK THE RIPPER launch event with you!

i’m planning a bunch of fun things–tasty treats, a door prize, and other SJTR-themed launch-type things for Memphis. i cannot believe my book will be in the world in just six weeks. it still doesn’t seem real.

to celebrate the tour announcement, i’m hosting an international giveaway on Twitter. it inc...

Bonus SJTR Character Sketches

I have been dancing around the interwebs all week with each new character sketch that the endlessly talented Phantom Rin unveiled in the STALKING JACK THE RIPPER universe, and wanted to do a round-up for anyone who may have missed out on the fun.

Rin just shared some new illustrations with me, so keep an eye out on Facebook, twitter, tumblr, and instagram if you’d like to see them the day they’re posted. I’ll also post and share them on my accounts as well. Gah! I’m so in awe of the way she c...

Meet the Author: Kerri Maniscalco

Oh yay! My debut group is featuring me on the blog today. I share personal facts, favorite books, and my childhood aspirations…can you guess what they were?!

The Sweet Sixteens

Kerri Maniscalcogrew up in a semi-haunted house outside NYC where her fascination with gothic settings began. In her spare time she reads everything she can get her hands on, cooks all kinds of food with her family and friends,and drinks entirely too much tea while discussing life’s finer points with her cats.

Her deb...

Stalking Jack the Ripper Character Sketches

I’m deep into my book two deadline and haven’t had as much time to post as I’d like. BUTI have to say one thing…Oh. My. Gosh. I am blown away by ALL. THE. SUPPORT. You are making this debut experience bigger and more amazing than I’d ever dreamed it could be.

Thank you. Thank you for all the tweets and retweets and posts and bookstagrams and friendship across all of my social media platforms. Your reviews and word of mouth recommendations are so very humbling and help more than you know.

Fun...

GoodReads Giveaway + Quick Update!

hello friends! i have something fun to share with you…there are two days left to enter a GoodReads giveaway for STALKING JACK THE RIPPER!

my publisher has 20 copies up for grabs for US and CA residents. please don’t be shy about entering and passing it around to all of your friends on twitter and Facebook and all over the interwebs. you never know…maybe one of you will win a copy and then you can share. that’s what best book friends do, right?!?

it’s hard to believe that pub day is just two m...

Stalking Jack the Ripper at B&N B-Fest

i received some AH-MAZING news last week and could not wait another SECOND to share it with you! from June 10th – 12th Barnes and Noble is hosting a teen event, nationwide, at EVERY store called B-Fest. and guess what??? YOU can stop in over the weekend and pick up some STALKING JACK THE RIPPER temporary tattoos! they are as fierce as my main character, and I hope you LOVE them.

but that’s not ALL the good news….

what if i said there will also be SJTR ARCs given out at 30 B&N locations acros...

#BEA16 or bust!

cannot believe that #BEA16 is almost upon us! i’m flying out tomorrow morning and will be snapping pictures of Chicago with my sweet friend, Stephanie Garber (author of one of my most highly anticipated reads: CARAVAL) and posting them on Twitter. i hope it’ll make my friends who are missing it feel like they’re there too. i’ll also post a BEA roundup on the blog next week. there *may* be a secret announcement that’s made…i’ll be sure to post it on twitter (and here when i return from Chicago...

BEA 2016

Fellow Sweet 16er Robin Yardi put together this great list of @TheSweet16s authors who will be at BEA next week. (Myself included.) Come and say hi if you’re there!

Robin Yardi

I and a bunch of other Sweet Sixteen authors (young adult and middle grade authors debuting in 2016) will be heading to BEA in Chicago… NEXT WEEK. If you’ll be there come get signed copies or chat about books and writing with us:

5/11 3:00-3:30, Eric Chapman, TEACH ME TO FORGET, Table 1

5/12 10-10:30, Audrey Coult...

Behind the scenes pics from the STALKING JACK THE RIPPER cover shoot

Oh. Em. Geeeee. You guys have been INCREDIBLE with your early support and love of STALKING JACK THE RIPPER! I have been so impressed with all the bookstagrams and photos on instagram and twitter, and all the excited tweets and buzz. Y’all are seriously amazing. I can’t even describe how much your excitement means to me. Seriously. Each tweet or message or note is a treasure that I’m going to hoard forever. To celebrate all of the excitement over SJtR, and to say thank you, I thought I’d share...