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Cover reveal: YESTERNIGHT

I'm in the middle of preparing for next week's launch of The Steep and Thorny Way (details about launch activities listed here ), but I just also learned that the gorgeous, atmospheric, vibrant cover for my second novel for adults showed up on Goodreads. My editor at HarperCollins gave me the go-ahead to reveal it over here, so, without further ado, I present to you Yesternight . . .

Yesternight, by Cat WintersOctober 4, 2016William Morrow/HarperCollinsA paperback originalISBN 9780062440860
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THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY Blog Tour & Launch Party . . . plus a Major Online Historical Fiction Launch Party!

One more week to go before The Steep and Thorny Way officially enters the world on March 8, 2016. Here are some of the ways I'm celebrating the book's publication . . . and the ways readers across the world can join me.

1. The Steep and Thorny Way Blog Tour

Hosted by Rockstar Book Tours , this daily presentation of guest posts and reviews is already underway, and it involves a chance to win one of five finished copies of the book (U.S. only).

Here are the stops:

2/29/2016-  Adventures of a Boo...

Signed Copies of THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY

You can now preorder signed copies of The Steep and Thorny Way online at Powell's Books . I'll be signing the books on Thursday, March 10, at 7 pm, at the Cedar Hills Crossing location of Powell's in Beaverton, Oregon. All pre-ordered copies will be shipped after that evening.

PREORDER HERE
We're now just a little over three weeks away from publication, which means I'm busy making behind-the-scenes preparations (in addition to revising another book and writing the first draft of a completely ne...

Sneak Peek of the First Chapter of THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY

I'm excited to share with you an exclusive sneak peek of the first chapter of The Steep and Thorny Way . To read the excerpt, head to Two Chicks on Books .

The Steep and Thorny Way will be available March 8, 2016.


PREORDER: 
Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Powell's • IndieBound •
  BAM •   Amazon UK • Book Depository • Indigo

Junior Library Guild Selection

I received more phenomenal news about The Steep and Thorny Way today: the book is a Junior Library Guild selection .

If you're unfamiliar with the Junior Library Guild, here's some information about this incredible honor from their website, juniorlibraryguild.com :

“The JLG editorial team reviews more than 3,000 new titles each year, in manuscript or prepublication stage. We’ve developed a keen sense for finding the best of the best. Over 95 percent of our selections go on to receive awards and/...

Third Starred Review for THE STEEP AND THORNY WAY

I'm ecstatic to share the third starred review for The Steep and Thorny Way , this one from School Library Journal, published in their January 2016 issue.

[image error]Winters, Cat. The Steep and Thorny Way. 352p. Abrams/Amulet. Mar. 2016. Tr $17.95. ISBN 9781419719158. 
Gr 8 Up–There’s something rotten in 1920s Oregon in this Hamlet-inspired tale of a biracial girl seeking the truth about her African American father’s death. When the drunk driver who killed her father is released, Hanalee starts to lo...

Starred Review from Booklist

Booklist just published a beautiful starred review of The Steep and Thorny Way in their January 1, 2016, issue, and I couldn't be happier. Here's a snippet:

  “Hanalee’s investigation of her father’s murder and her growing friendship with Joe are engrossing enough, but Winters amplifies the story by weaving Oregon’s troubling true history—state-sanctioned discrimination, eugenics, forced sterilization—throughout the tale, adding weighty, unsettling context to the slow-burning mystery. A p...

What's Ahead for 2016

This past year was another extremely good one for me in terms of my books. I was fortunate to sell another adult novel to HarperCollins and two more YA novels to Amulet Books. I celebrated the release of The Uninvited and Slasher Girls & Monster Boys and worked like mad on my upcoming YA novel, The Steep and Thorny Way .

As a result of all that hard work and luck in 2015, here's what you can expect from me in 2016.

The 2016 Releases

The Steep and Thorny Way
Coming March 8, 2016
Amulet Books /...

Starred Review from Kirkus!

I just learned that Kirkus gave The Steep and Thorny Way a prestigious starred review ! Here's what they had to say about the novel:

  “A fast-paced read with multiple twists, the novel delivers a history lesson wrapped inside a murder mystery and ghost story. Winters deftly captures the many injustices faced by marginalized people in the years following World War I as well as a glimmer of hope for the better America to come. A riveting story of survival, determination, love, and friendshi...

Announcing ODD & TRUE

I'm so happy to announce that I sold two more YA novels to my editor Maggie Lehrman at Amulet Books ! My incredible agent, Barbara Poelle of the Irene Goodman Literary Agency , brokered the deal, and she just alerted me to the fact that news of the sale has already appeared in Publishers Marketplace. Here's the official announcement:


The first novel of this two-book deal is tentatively titled Odd & True , and it's currently slated to be published in Spring 2017. An official synopsis won't be...