Susane Colasanti's Blog, page 63

the carrie diaries

How excited was I when my signed copy of The Carrie Diaries arrived? When I was in LA, promotion for Sex and the City 2 was everywhere. I was telling my author escort what a big fan of the show I am and how I was reading The Carrie Diaries. She was like, "Do you have it with you?" I did. It turns out that she was escorting Candace Bushnell the following week and if I left my book with her, she'd have Candace sign it for me. Sweet non-coincidence!

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The Carrie Diaries is adorable. I love f...

mitali rules

The Teen Author Carnival was a total blast. It blows my mind that Mitali from Alley of Books, along with Devyn and Korianne, organized this whole entire thing yet again. Mitali is freaking amazing. She's become a well-known entity in the YA world and is apparently one of those people who can do it all. You know, one of those people of whom I'm in awe. Otherwise known as inspiration. Thanks for all of your hard work, Mitali!

Lots of book bloggers were in the house. I finally got to meet J...

winners!

The competition was fierce, but I somehow managed to select three winners of my third annual Floor Display Contest.

First prize goes to Courtney R., who assembled her brother and his girlfriend to recreate the cover of Something Like Fate.  I'm very impressed with their attention to detail, right down to Jason's shaggy hair.  Superb job!



Second prize goes to Allison F. for recreating the cover of When It Happens.  I don't know how she matched her outfit so exactly (actually, her boots are way b...

carnival time

Are you so excited for the Teen Author Carnival? I am. It's going to be a blast!

Monday, May 24 5:00-8:00 pm
NYPL Jefferson Market Branch
425 6th Avenue (at 10th Street)
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212.243.4334

I was able to score some inside info for you regarding the schedule. Here's how the Carnival will go down. Starting at 5:00, there will be three half-hour panels you may attend. In case you can't get there right at 5:00, no worries. Each of the 30 authors will be assigned to one pane...

writing on the wall

While I was at Whole Foods yesterday, I did a very grownup thing. Tazo makes this drink called Refresh Herbal Infusion. It is so minty and delicious I could drink one every day. When it gets warmer, I'm all about being refreshed. Fruit plays a big part in this because I enjoy making gorgeous fruit salads with lots of different colors in them. See, fruit and I have a very special relationship. I crave it all winter. Not the tired apples/oranges/bananas lineup you can get anytime. I'm t...

nyc events

If you're in the New York area and looking for some fun opportunities to chill with YA authors, good news! There are two upcoming events here in NYC. I'll be at both of them and would love to see you:

NYC Teen Author Carnival
Monday, May 24 at 5:00 pm
NYPL Jefferson Market Branch
425 6th Avenue (at 10th Street)
Phone: 212.243.4334

Teen Author Reading Night
Wednesday, June 2 at 6:00 pm
NYPL Jefferson Market Branch
425 6th Avenue (at 10th Street)
Phone: 212.243.4334

You know when you're reading a ...

ginormous contest update

Guess what was waiting for me when I got back from my book tour? A bunch of author copies of Something Like Fate!



Want one? It's yours. All you have to do is enter my ginormous third annual Floor Display Contest. This is the last week to enter, so it's time to bring it. I can't believe that May 23 is already this Sunday. You have until then to send me your most creative picture of you with Something Like Fate (in a bookstore or at home). If you're looking for the floor displays at Barne...

book tour, part three

The final part of my book tour was a lot of fun! I got to do school visits as well as bookstore events, which meant that I got to meet even more readers. Awesome.

In case you were wondering, I did manage to wake up at 5:00 and drag myself to the airport. I usually get out a book and read when the airport security line is long, but for some reason I didn't do that this time (anyone sense a non-coincidence coming up?). Which means I was paying attention to the people around me. Which is why...

chicago event

One good thing about being my own boss is that I don't have to get up at the crack of darkness anymore. Except during book tours. Somehow, I will get up at 5:00 tomorrow and fly to Chicago and do school visits and a dinner at Wonderland Books. It all sounds fabulous except for the getting up at 5:00 part. Wait, why am I still awake? Dude. I'd better make this a quick post.

I'll be tweeting updates from the last part of my book tour, but probably won't be blogging until I get back. Here's ...

book tour, part two

Picking up where Book Tour, Part One left off...San Francisco! My first event was an afternoon tea at Copperfield's Books. I just loved the idea of an afternoon tea. And Copperfield's did such an awesome job of promoting the event:

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Next up was the big Books Inc. Not Your Mother's Book Club YA launch party in Berkeley. This was the first YA event in the new Books Inc. location, which is gorgeous - skylights, wood, airy. I had such a fun time on the panel with Jenny Han, Michael Grant, Cynt...