Nancy Holder's Blog, page 44

7th Annual Young Adult Literature Conference

Join me at the 7th Annual Young Adult Literature Conference sponsored by Anderson's Bookshop. It should be a great conference, and I hope to see you there.
Date: Satruday, September 25, 2010
Time: 8:00-4:00 pm
Location: Hotel Arista, 2139 CityGate lane, Naperville, IL
Announcement from the Anderson's Bookshop Website:
"Join our 7th annual gathering of authors and educators interested in the best and newest in young adult literature. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Conference hours from 8:00 a.m. .....

SF Signal's Mind Meld

SF Signal posted a new MIND MELD in which they asked several writers "Who are the Best Female Characters in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror." You can find my answers there as well as answers by other fantastic writers such as N.K. Jemisin, Lee Thomas, David Anthony Durham, Elizabeth Hand, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Nnedi Okorafor, Gabrielle Faust, and Matt Cardin.

Who do you think are the best female characters?



Keep on reading: SF Signal's Mind Meld

A Few New Reviews

Here are snippets from a few new reviews for CRUSADE. The first one made me laugh. You can read more reviews here or you can read more about CRUSADE here.

Special thanks to  all of our reviewers!

Paranormal Point of View
"I thought it was great! Readers of WICKED will love that there are still witches in this universe, and there is a lot of kick-butt action, which I always enjoy. The characters are diverse and interesting. And as Julian so rightly pointed out, this is NOT your typical va......

Cursed Checkers

We just launched a great new online checkers game to promote CRUSADE. Play as either the Cursed Ones or Hunters. Have fun, and don't forget to read CRUSADE!

Keep on reading: Cursed Checkers

Prepare for Battle! The Crusade Has Begun!

"Expect Wicked, Twilight, and True Blood fans to gulp down this massive tome and grab for the sequel."
-- Booklist, 9/15/2010

"For thousands of years the Cursed Ones hid in the shadows, fooling mankind into thinking they didn't exist.  Then one day they just…stopped.  Skeptics turned into believers one fateful dawn.  And no one was ever safe again."
-- From the diary of Jenn Leitner,discovered in the ashes

The Cursed Ones have made their presence known, and the world will ne...

Keep on readi...

WEBSITE GOING ON HOLD!

I want to thank everyone who has been coming to the website and leaving comments.  I am having a new website built, s othis site will be on hold until the new one is finished. Thank you for your patience!

REVIEWS FOR THE EVIL WITHIN*ON SALE JUNE 10th

I'm so grateful for the wonderful early reviews for THE EVIL WITHIN, a POSSESSIONS novel.  It will go on sale on June 10th.

A Good Addiction:

This week's theme is ghosts and the like and I'm bringing you guys four books after much debate on which to use.

Possessions by Nancy Holder: This is a quick but entertaining read dealing with, you guessed it, possession. The set up for it plays out nicely and the background for everything strengthens it. Even better, you can pick up the sequel The Evil...

Come Chat with Me TONIGHT!

Please come to my live chat TONIGHT, Friday night, on twitter. Log into twitter and search for #BookClubChat. Then when you make a comment, add that at the end. And you will be in the chat!

FRIDAY, APRIL 23

8 PM Pacific equal 11 PM Eastern!

#BookClubChat

LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS! Come see me!

I am so grateful to my publishers and booksellers for sponsoring me at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! Admission to this fantastic event is FREE.

Here is my schedule:

April 24th Saturday:

2PM: Signing, Mrs. Nelson's Books

April 25 Sunday:

11 AM: Panel, YA Stage

1PM: Signing, Mysterious Galaxy Booth

4 PM: Signing, A Whale of a Tale Booth

Special thanks to Casey, Paul, and Maryelizabeth!

NEW SERIES COMING!

I am so proud, pleased and deighted to announced that a new series by Debbie and me is on the way! It's called CRUSADE and here is our wonderful cover. It is my Sammy Yuen, who does covers for Holly Black, Scott Westerfeld, and many other wonderful writers.

More later…Happy Passover/Easter/holidays of all sorts!