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followjunebug:Legend by Marie Lu: World Building{Edits by...

followjunebug:

Legend by Marie Lu: World Building

{Edits by followjunebug}

I adore this collection of Legend locales!

Exclusive Cover Reveal: SLASHER GIRLS AND MONSTER BOYS « Nerdist

Exclusive Cover Reveal: SLASHER GIRLS AND MONSTER BOYS « Nerdist:

Admit it, you’ve dabbled in fanfiction once or twice. You know a smartly worded google search could turn up your middle school musings on what Ron and Hermione were doing behind the Quidditch shed or what Gandalf’s side projects were.Slasher Girls…

Click through for the full scoop!

I’m SO excited to be a part of the Slasher Girls & Monster Boys horror anthology, with stories selected by the amazingly talented April Genevieve Tucholke! I love psychological horror and have always wanted to write something creepy, so I’m thrilled that April gave me the chance to do so alongside such incredible writers. And just look at that cover. Perfection. It reminds me of the Stephen Gammell art in those old Scary Stories books. (Remember those? Best.)

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys releases on August 18. Can’t wait to get my hands on this anthology. I hope you guys enjoy it, too!

fictograph:Work in progress of my #legend collage sketch,...

fictograph:

Work in progress of my #legend collage sketch, featuring #juneiparis and #danielwing ! #marielu #daywing @marielubooks

This collage is incredible.

lunchbagmonster:Some more Young Elites comics, because I will...

lunchbagmonster:

Some more Young Elites comics, because I will never pass up the chance to make an Arrested Development reference. Or a stupid pun.

These Young Elites comics. I die of lols.

discordanddarkness:Maeve from The Young Elites by...

discordanddarkness:

Maeve from The Young Elites by marielubooks. I am so excited to learn more about her tbh [society6]

Holy amazing fan art of Crown Princess Maeve! Black and gold hair, her tiger … I’m aghast. Just gorgeous.

Attention, SoCal! First event of 2015 is coming up this Monday...

Attention, SoCal! First event of 2015 is coming up this Monday (1/5).

First of all, a very, very happy 2015 to you all! I hope everyone had tons of great food and great company over the holidays, and that you’re all ready for a slew of fantastic book events in the new year.

First of which is coming up Jan. 5 at 7pm, at Barnes & Noble, The Grove! I will be moderating two of my favorite co-authors of one of my favorite book series.

Authors in question: Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Book in question: This Shattered World

Location and Time: Jan. 5 at 7pm, Barnes & Noble, the Grove, 189 The Grove Drive Suite K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036

It’s so good, you guys. You must come see us. Much fun will be had by all! Hope to see you there.

yallwest:THE YALLWEST 2015 AUTHOR LINEUP IS HERE!From Epic...

yallwest:

THE YALLWEST 2015 AUTHOR LINEUP IS HERE!

From Epic Reads,  the HarperCollins YA Community, and presenting sponsor of YALLWest:

“We’ve been big supporters of YALLFest and are thrilled to be presenting the very first YALLWest, bringing the largest YA book festival to the West Coast! Come book shimmy with us this April in Santa Monica!”

THE YALLWEST 2015 AUTHOR LINEUP
Brought to you by Epic Reads

APPEARING ON SATURDAY APRIL 11th, 2015
(at Santa Monica Public High School Venue)

keynote

*RANSOM RIGGS (Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children) NYT

with

*LEIGH BARDUGO (Shadow and Bone) NYT

COE BOOTH (Kinda Like Brothers) LAT

*PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH (Secret Series) NYT

ANN BRASHARES (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) NYT

LIBBA BRAY (Diviners) NYT, PRINTZ, LAT, TIGER BEAT 

*RACHEL COHN (Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist) NYT

*MELISSA DE LA CRUZ (Blue Bloods) NYT and

*MICHAEL JOHNSTON (Frozen)

ALLY CONDIE (Matched) NYT

KIMBERLY DERTING (The Taking)

SUSAN EE (Angelfall) USA

DAN EHRENHAFT (The Last Dog on Earth) TIGER BEAT

*KAMI GARCIA (Beautiful Creatures) NYT, MORRIS

SHANNON HALE (Ever After High) NYT, NEWBERRY

E. LOCKHART (We Were Liars) NYT, PRINTZ

RICHELLE MEAD (Vampire Academy) NYT

*LISI HARRISON (Monster High) NYT

ELLEN HOPKINS (Crank) NYT

*ROBIN LAFEVERS (Grave Mercy) NYT

JUSTINE LARBALESTIER (Razorhurst)

ALEXANDER LONDON (Proxy)

*MARIE LU (Legend) NYT

*TAHEREH MAFI (Shatter Me) NYT

BARNABAS MILLER (7 Souls) TIGER BEAT

JANDY NELSON (I’ll Give You the Sun) NYT

*KASS MORGAN (The 100) NYT

LAUREN OLIVER (Delirium) NYT

DANIELLE PAIGE (Dorothy Must Die) NYT

BRENDAN REICHS (Virals) NYT

VERONICA ROTH (Divergent) NYT

STEPHANIE PERKINS (Isla & The Happily Ever After) NYT

MORGAN RHODES (Falling Kingdoms) NYT

VERONICA ROSSI (Under the Never Sky) NYT

CARRIE RYAN (Forest of Hands & Teeth) NYT

*HOLLY GOLDBERG SLOAN (Counting By 7’s) NYT

NATALIE STANDIFORD (Switched at Birthday) TIGER BEAT

*MARGARET STOHL (Beautiful Creatures) NYT, MORRIS

MAYA VAN WAGENEN (Popular) NYT

SCOTT WESTERFELD (Uglies) NYT

GENE LUEN YANG (Boxers & Saints) NYT, PRINTZ, NBA, EISNER, LAT 

and illustrators

*GARY ROSEN (Appleblossom the Possum) 

& *JOHN ROCCO (Percy Jackson)


APPEARING ON SUNDAY APRIL 12th, 2014
(Local Author Day at Santa Monica Main Library Venue)

SMPL’s mayor for the day

*JOHN COREY WHALEY 

(Noggin) MORRIS, PRINTZ, NBA

with local authors

*COLET ABEDI (FAE)

*JULIE BERRY (Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place)

*VICTORIA AVEYARD (Red Queen)

*ROBIN BENWAY (Emmy & Oliver)

*GREG BOOSE (The Red Bishop)

*JESSICA BRODY (Unremembered)

*ANNA CAREY (Blackbird)

*AVA DELLAIRA (Love Letters to the Dead)

*MICHELLE GAGNON (Don’t Turn Around)

*AARON HARTZLER (Rapture Practice) stonewall

*NANCY HOLDER (Wicked) NYT

*LEILA HOWLAND (Nantucket Blue)

*JESSI KIRBY (Golden)

*MORGAN MATSON (Since You’ve Been Gone)

*ABBY McDONALD (Sophomore Switch)

*MAILE MELOY (The Apothecary) NYT

*JENNIFER NIVEN (All The Bright Places)

*NEAL SHUSTERMAN (Unwind) NYT

*ALYSON NOEL (Immortals) NYT

*MADELEINE ROUX (Asylum) NYT

*GRETCHEN MCNEIL (Possess)

*CINDY PON (Silver Phoenix)

*ELISSA SUSSMAN (Stray)

*ROBYN SCHNEIDER (The Beginning of Everything)

*LISA YEE (Millicent Min, Girl Genius)

*ALLEN ZADOFF (I Am the Weapon)

& honorary locals

KATIE COTUGNO (99 Days)

MARIA DAHVANA HEADLEY (Magonia)

SARA RAASCH (Snow Like Ashes)

*past or present SoCal author
nyt or usa = new york times or usa today bestseller
morris, nba, prints, lat = nominated or received this book award
tiger beat = festival band

note: schedule is subject to change.

Happy YALLWest lineup announcement! Hope you guys all come out to celebrate with us next April!

Hey guys—an amazing giveaway here. To enter the...

Hey guys—an amazing giveaway here. To enter the Blizzard of Books Giveaway & have a chance to win a fabulous stack of SIXTEEN  signed  YA books including THE YOUNG ELITES:


1. Reblog this post.
2. Follow the author on Tumblr.
3. You must follow every author in the giveaway to be entered.


Signed giveaway books, authors, & Tumblr pages:


RED QUEEN by Victoria Aveyard http://vaveyard.tumblr.com/
ZODIAC by Romina Russell http://rominagarber.tumblr.com/
UNDER A PAINTED SKY by Stacey Lee http://staceyleeauthor.tumblr.com/
THE YOUNG ELITES by Marie Lu http://marielubooks.tumblr.com/
LOOP by Karen Akins http://karenakins.tumblr.com/
THE BODY ELECTRIC by Beth Revis http://bethrevis.tumblr.com/
AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir http://sabaatahir.tumblr.com/
THE WITCH HUNTER by Virginia Boecker http://virgboecker.tumblr.com/
THE WRATH & THE DAWN by Renée Ahdieh http://rahdieh.tumblr.com/
SNOW LIKE ASHES by Sara Raasch http://sararaasch.tumblr.com/
KALAHARI by Jessica Khoury http://jesskhoury.tumblr.com/
WRITTEN IN THE STARS by Aisha Saeed http://aishacs.tumblr.com/
BEWARE THE WILD by Natalie C. Parker http://nataliecparker.tumblr.com/
TINY PRETTY THINGS by Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton http://tinyprettythingsballet.tumblr.com/
THE CONSPIRACY OF US by Maggie Hall http://maggieehall.tumblr.com/

THE WALLED CITY by Ryan Graudin http://ryangraudin.tumblr.com/

The giveaway will end 12/18 at 5:00 pm EST. Winner will be announced within 48 hours. US entries only. GOOD LUCK!

And we're off! Who's ready for #YALLWEST?

And we're off! Who's ready for #YALLWEST?:

santamonicalibr:

How awesome is that bunch? It’s about one half of the crazy cool author board putting together the first ever YALLWEST, set for April 11-12, 2015 in Santa Monica, CA. We’re so happy to be working with these amazing folks, including those pictured: our keynote speaker Ransom Riggs, Tahereh Mafi,…

This is going to be such a blast, you guys. Come join us next April!

madeofcola:I just devoured the young elites and I’m begging...

madeofcola:

I just devoured the young elites and I’m begging you not to follow my footsteps unless you want to drown in total need for the next book every waking hour. Kthnxbye.

Holy cow, my girl Adelina looks spectacular in watercolor! What a gorgeous painting!