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Ghosts of a Teenage Past by Deb Tiffany

First of all, congratulations, Katie! Welcome to the world of debut fiction. And readers, if you haven’t yet left a comment this week, why not stop in and say hi? You could win a signed copy of Bad Girls Don’t Die.

Young adult fiction has taken off in a big way over the past few years. Everyone’s reading it–even adults. Just look at the Twilight phenomenon. One thing puzzles me, though. Why is so much YA fiction based in the supernatural?

I don’t read that much YA (my kids are still little), so I

Applauding Bad Girls Don’t Die by Deb Meredith

I have a confession to make. I’m a wuss about ghost stories. Pretty funny for a mystery writer, huh? But I don’t really like when things go bump in the night. I had too many experiences getting scared around the campfire, I guess.

But even though Bad Girls Don’t Die is a ghost story, it’s a book I couldn’t put down. It’s a story about a teenager struggling with parents who are too busy to pay attention, a little sister who is extremely needy, and trying to cope without any real friends at s

Bad Girls Don’t Die… but they can whine! by Deb Katie

As I write this post, it’s Monday evening. I’m at the office, because my husband’s working late. The big excitement today was that the “honor system” candy dish came in $8.25 under, provoking a very entertaining and scathing email. I’m mad at myself because I ate too much over the weekend and haven’t worked out since Saturday. My left eye itches, because I have terrible hay fever. My dog has hay fever, too. I feel fat in these jeans. My parked car got smashed into a few weeks ago and my in

Deb Kristina celebrates BAD GIRLS DON’T DIE

Alexis, the heroine of Bad Girls Don’t Die, is my kind of girl. Not because I had pink hair and spouted controversial, passionate opinions in high school – if only I’d had that kind of guts! – but because Alexis can spot a phony a mile away. She also makes no exception for phonies among the “rebels” who have their own code of conduct every bit as rigid as the that of the popular kids.

Yes, Alexis manages to tick off everyone in all the different cliques, except the people she wants to avoid, like

News Flash, April 19

While we’re still breathless from Deb Eve’s launch, here comes Deb Katie launching Bad Girls Don’t Die this week! And this means, a new contest! Everyone who comments this week will automatically be entered to win (one entry per person, but comment as often as you like.) At the end of the week one commenter will be chosen at random to win a signed copy of Katie’s book — for yourself, or a teen reader of your choice! — and a postcard from the rest of us.

We were thrilled to get so many enthusiasti

The Debutantes Welcome Guest Author Elinor Lipman

The Debs are thrilled to have a Q & A with veteran author Elinor Lipman! Elinor’s newest novel, THE FAMILY MAN, has just hit the shelves, and if her previous ten fabulous books are any indication of things to come, we should all RUN, not walk, to our nearest bookstores to buy it.
Your first novel, Then She Found Me, was “published to more attention” than you’d expected. What had you expected and how did the reality differ?
I expected very little because three years earlier, my first book, a short-

FIRST COMES PUBLICATION, THEN COMES A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF! by Deb Eve

I write this on Thursday morning of my “launch week,” so I can’t report with total confidence that I made it through without losing my mind. After all, I still have to get through my first book signing event and launch party this afternoon and evening. But I can tell you about some of the intense moments so far, and I can report, that I am still standing!

We write our books for lots of different reasons, but for me - and I’d wager that for lots of authors - it’s not so much a choice as a calling

Why First Comes Love is Perfect Recession Reading by Deb Tiffany

I guess I don’t have to tell you all that things are a little gloomy out there right now, what with the economy melting down and all. People are having a tough time. I know I’ve been awake a lot at four in the morning, staring at the ceiling, running numbers in my head.

If you’re feeling a little like this, First Comes Love is a perfect read. For one thing, it’s funny. Laugh-out-loud funny, and I think we could all use some of those right now. And, hey, if you’re awake at four AM, you might as we

In Praise of First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria by Deb Meredith

First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria is the story of a woman who searches for love, and finds adventure and a new career in the process. It is a memoir and a love story, but it’s also the story of a woman who finds her true calling after joining the Peace Corps and traveling to Ecuador and Uganda.

Eve Brown-Waite’s personality springs from every page of the book. She is the life of the party, and that friend that is always willing to go along with crazy schemes (and cooks up a few of her own).

First comes laughter, then comes the message.

Eve Brown-Waite’s memoir, FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MALARIA, is one of those books that makes you a better person. But shh! Don’t tell. Because reading it doesn’t feel like reading a good-for-you, “we are the world” treatise. It feels more like reading a collection of Dave Barry columns. Eve’s voice is funny, self-deprecating, and honest, but the book itself is more than just those things–and that’s saying a lot.

It’s the kind of book that makes you feel like you know and understand a gro