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Magnificent Movie Monday

Hey Everyone!

There has been so much excitement around Ally Carter headquarters because of the Heist & GG movie options!

(If you missed the announcements you can catch up here: Heist Movie Option & Gallagher Girls Movie Option)

All this movie talk has me wondering…..

What is your favorite movie?

What movie based on a book did you like?

What movie based on a book did you not like?

What book do wish they would make into a movie?

As I promised last week we are working on posting a super awesome super lo...

Gallagher Girls optioned by Hollywood producers Tonik

Hi everyone,

Coming to you very quickly this morning with some news that I know a lot of you are going to be salivating over…

THE GALLAGHER GIRLS HAVE BEEN OPTIONED FOR FILM!

Yes. A few months ago my agent got an offer out of the blue from a new production company called Tonik. Now, even though Tonik is new, the women behind it, Nikki Silver and Tonya Lewis Lee, have been bringing YA and children’s books to the screen for a long time, and they have recently decided to join forces.

They have just...

A Gallagher Girls Read-A-Thon!

HI everybody!

So excited today to tell you about a very cool thing that one of your own has proposed and is hosting:

A Gallagher Girls Read-A-Thon!

Check out the “Books As You Know It” page here for details.

It is open to ANYONE! First time readers, super fans, bloggers, librarians, teenage spies, even thieves.

And I’m doubly-proud to say that I will be sponsoring a cool prize for one lucky participant (who, I believe, will be chosen at random).

So with just a little over a month until the LAST Gal...

Magnificent Monday Summer Reading

Hi Everyone!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! At the beginning of summer I asked everyone what was on their summer reading list and now since summer is winding down I am curious….

What was your favorite book/books that you read this summer?

Did you read any that you got from the comments from the summer reading list post? (I got tons of ideas from all of you for books to read. Thanks!)

What is on your fall reading list? Is it for school or fun?

Stay tuned for next week because I am workin...

Hey, Australia!

As I told you a few days ago, there is going to be a bonus epilogue available in all of the UNITED WE SPY hardcovers purchased from Barnes & Noble (in the United States) and Waterstones (in the UK).

Now I’m pleased to report that Australia is getting in on the action!

Details are still coming in, but it looks like physical books in Australia will come with a QR code that you can use to access the epilogue via this website!

Two things to note:

1. this bonus epilogue is just that–a bonus. The book...

Paging the Atlanta girls

Hi, everybody.

Ally here with a request.

First, I should thank everyone who came to see me last week in Atlanta! There were so many of you –and you were so awesome–that people kept coming up to me throughout the conference telling me how wonderful you all are. You were a hit!

But, sadly, there were three (I think) of you that I didn’t get to see. I had a splitting headache and I was out of books and I thought for sure no one else was coming. I was wrong. I went up to my room at 7:25. The signin...

Magnificent Monday

Hi All!

Great job on last week’scypher mission!

This week’s missionis a cryptogram.

“FDTVPADX QAVLUHAQNWAFQXKAVPAZDANFIVX’TGAADVZZFNWFXT VZFTLXV:DZ ZDAXHIPFHXDYLA FDULZWA.”

For those of you who have never solved a cryptogram puzzle before, the rules are simple… It is basically a secret code where different numbers, symbols, or in this case, letters, represent a different letter. I will give you two of the letters to try to help out with the deduction of the others.

A=F

T=V

Standard rules apply:I wil...

Magnificent Monday Super Tricky Mission

Hey Everyone!

The mission today is to solve this phrase:

KXIETRXWB VANBWYHVTEGBKXUNKNTGPABEX, HNMLBWX, LRMABHWWR XBKETPZTEXMTVA, NGWWTLSBFFXKWKXAMXDTEMXK, X LTIXOHAXEXDETLLXGOTKUXZRGMDNCBLBDBTVABEE

First you will need to do a Caesar Cipher and shift the letters to the right 7spaces.

Second you will have to translate to English.I used 8 languages this time. (Words are grouped together in phrases so they will translate correctly)

Third you should have a30 English word count as your final answer.

Hint...

Exclusive Epilogue for Barnes & Noble

Hi, everybody!

Exciting announcement today:

I am thrilled to finally be able to share that we have partnered with Barnes & Noble to offer SPECIAL, EXCLUSIVE CONTENT for their hardcover copies of United We Spy.

This is a special epilogue that I wrote exclusively for the B&N hardcovers. It will not be in the (Nook) eBooks. It will not be available from other retailers.

Now I know a lot of you probably have pre-ordered the book already or have another store where you like to shop. And that is totall...