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Upcoming Appearance in Austin, TX

I'll be headed over to Austin this weekend to hang out with some awesome writers and readers at Texas Book Festival 2015. 

Here are the deets for the panel I'm on, Saturday Oct 17th:


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Hope to see some of you there!

YA Scavenger Hunt -- Fall 2015

Welcome to the fall 2015 YA Scavenger Hunt! This bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on the hun...

Announcing my new YA novel!

I've been working on my next YA book -- very eerie and Gothic, sort of a spin-off like Splintered, but not Wonderland related -- and have been itching to tell everyone about it (waiting for the green light from my publisher).

Today they're letting me announce it!

Here's the official blurb from GoodReads (click here to add to your GR shelf):

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Yay! The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux is one of my favorite stories of all time. I'm close to the halfway mark in my spin...

Untamed Ink Color & Table of Contents Reveal + GIVEAWAY TIME

Okay, so exciting news, I'm finally done with all of the Untamed edits, and even got to see the gorgeous PDF that will very shortly become a book. 
I've also been given permission to share a sneak peek at the color ink my publisher (Abrams / Amulet Books) is using this time, as well as a look at the table of contents so you can see the order in which the stories will be presented.

So without further adieu, here's a glimpse of the upcoming book:
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I can't tel...

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys Blog Tour

Follow the tour:
Stefan Bachmann - 8/10 – Winterhaven Books Leigh Bardugo - 8/11 – The Hiding Spot Kendare Blake - 8/12 – Reading Teen A. G. Howard - 8/13 – Page Turners Blog Marie Lu - 8/14 – Gone With the Words 

Jonathan Maberry - 8/17 – Bookish Antics April Genevieve Tucholke - 8/18 – The Midnight Garden Danielle Paige - 8/19 – The Irish Banana Carrie Ryan - 8/20 – Katie’s Book Blog Megan Shepherd - 8/21 – Jessabella Reads 

Nova Ren Suma - 8/2...

Ama-Con Signing

For anyone who's going to Ama-Con in Amarillo this weekend, I'll be hanging out at the Barnes & Noble booth from 1-4pm on Saturday to sign autographs, chat books, and drool over all the fabulous cosplays!

Hope to see some of you there!

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys Survival Tips

Four tips for surviving the 14 terrifying tales you'll find between the pages of Slasher Girls & Monster Boys:
1. Always read in bed while burrowed under your covers. If you can't see IT, it can't see you. Your safety is all that matters, even if the covers hinder your ability to breathe.
2. Don't make a noise. Every whimper leads it closer to your hiding place.
3. Lie as flat as you can and don't move. Any lump in the covers attracts its attention. 
4. If you've been discovered, only li...

Untamed sneak peek!

I've been promising another sneak peek of Untamed for a while, so here it is! 

This excerpt is taken from Alison and Thomas's story, and is in her POV. In this scene, she's thirteen years old and just about to meet Morpheus, who will change her life forever.


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And here's the first teaser I posted a few weeks ago from the headlining story Six Impossible Things, for anyone who missed it:




Also, I just got a look at Untamed's formatted pages, and the color of the text is b...

Signing in Kansas City

I'll be signing the Splintered Series next week in Kansas City. And I'll be giving away some fabulous Untamed swag + sneak peeks into the upcoming book!

Here are the deets:

July 2, 2015
7pm: B&N Event 
Store 2184, Zona Rosa
8625 NW Prairie View Rd, Kansas City, MO 64153
(816) 505-3355

More info can be found on the B&N website.

Hope to see some of you there!

The 25 Book Giveaway is LIVE!

It's happening now! 

20 authors, 25 books. To learn more about the awesome authors who donated books to the giveaway, check out Bethany Crandell's #BadAssAuthors Series.

The giveaway deets and rafflecopter are below:





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Please note, this giveaway is DOMESTIC only. The size of the prize packages makes them too expensive to ship foreign.

Other INTL giveaways are on the horizon here on my blog, so check back from time to time!
Good luck!
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