Jeff Henigson's Blog, page 2
June 24, 2019
WARHEAD makes Seattle Magazine BEST THINGS TO DO IN SEATTLE list!
Seattle Magazine has just published its BEST THINGS TO DO IN SEATTLE list for July 2019, and the WARHEAD book launch at Elliott Bay Book Company is on the list! Not only that, they say WARHEAD “begs to be a movie!” Here’s the piece:
It begs to be a movie: When Jeff Henigson was a teenager battling cancer, he received a wish from a foundation and chose to travel to Russia to plead nuclear disarmament with Gorbachev. Warhead: The True Story of One Teen Who Almost Saved the World is his new memo...
June 10, 2019
WARHEAD is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
More good news! Junior Library Guild, a commercial book club devoted to juvenile literature, has selected WARHEAD as one of its “Gold Standard” books. JLG’s mission is “to fuel the lifelong love of reading by making it easy for school and public libraries to get the very best books for…young readers.” For more information, check out WARHEAD on JLG’s website or read the article about them on Wikipedia.
June 3, 2019
Amazon adds WARHEAD to its "Best Books for Your Bag" reading list!
The email I received this morning from Alex, my editor at Random House Children’s Books, definitely put a smile on my face. Here’s what she sent:
Hi Jeff,
Happy Monday!
Amazon announced their June Best of the Month selections, and WARHEAD is featured under SUMMER READING: THE BEST BOOKS FOR YOUR BAG in the Young Adult category. Take a look here. (Scroll down to YOUNG ADULT)
It’s also a #1 New Release in Teen & Young Adult Military History (seen on the Amazon book page)!
Best,
Alexandra
Delacorte Pr...
May 14, 2019
Planning the launch on Orcas Island
I was recently up on Orcas Island, hanging out with my dear mom to celebrate Mother’s Day, and meeting with some wonderful friends and allies in the writing world who helped (and helped and helped) plan the launch of Warhead—which will take place on July 2, 2019.
Choosing Orcas was easy. My parents retired there in the mid-1990s and I’ve been visiting regularly ever since, first from New York, where I’d been living until recently, and now from Seattle, which is much, much closer. My father pa...
Girl Folk Book Preview
This just in, a book preview from Girl Folk: “One perk of editing an online teen blog is getting advance copies of books to read. This book is a memoir about a teen diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. So far, great drama, a love story, and good humor.”
I have to say, while it’s fantastic to get positive feedback on Warhead from adults, hearing a teen enjoying the book puts a smile on my face. Many thanks to Girl Folk!
Welcome to The Countdown Blog!
I’m happy you’re here—really. The whole world is begging for your attention, and you’ve kindly given me a moment of yours. I appreciate it.
The Countdown Blog is a space to share tidbits on writing, behind-the-scenes stories on Warhead (my memoir), tips for writers, and other things that do not neatly fit into a box. Comments are welcome.
Don’t you think it’s a teeny bit strange that a lot of the language publishers use as they’re bringing a book to market—the "final stages” of publishing, th...
May 10, 2019
David Ebershoff on Warhead
“An inspiring story of a teen fighting to save his life while also trying to save the world. Touching, vivid, full of humor and heart, WARHEAD shows what is possible when we refuse to accept a diagnosis of despair.”
—David Ebershoff, author of The Danish Girl and The 19th Wife
May 6, 2019
Maya Van Wagenen on Warhead
“Both global and personal, Warhead is about the battle all teenagers face as they struggle to carve a place for themselves in a world they did not create—but one that desperately needs them.”
–Maya von Wagenen, author of PopularMay 5, 2019
Gary Shteyngart on Warhead
"A sweet but unsentimental account of a truly fascinating nuclear childhood. Henigson had me at 'Gorbachev.'"
—Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Little Failure and Lake Success
May 4, 2019
Susan Shapiro on Warhead
"Funny and fiercely honest, WARHEAD is a dramatic true story of a teen battling brain cancer and nuclear war. A brave, bold, dazzling debut memoir that is impossible to put down."
–Susan Shapiro, author of Five Men Who Broke My Heart
