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January 1, 2013
Four books in 2013? Am I insane?
Sure sounds like it. Luckily, the hard part -- writing the books -- is over. And now we have covers for all four books, so I'll list them below with their release dates so you can get them on your calendars.
In non-chronological order, I'll start with my new series. First up is CRASH. It comes out next week, January 8, 2013. You can pre-order the hardcover or e-book here.
Next to it is the 2nd book in the Visions series, BANG, the sequel to Crash. It's due out October 8, 2013. Did you see how I'm not making you wait a whole year for the second book?
January 8, 2013
October 8, 2013
I also have two books coming for my tween readers. Infinity Ring: The Trap Door comes out February 5, 2013. It's the third book in a time travel series written by six different authors. It's like The 39 Clues, only better. ;) You can pre-order this one, too. The first two books in the series by James Dashner and Carrie Ryan are out already, so if you haven't found them yet, now's the time!
February 5, 2013
And the third book of The Unwanteds 7-book series comes out September 3, 2013. Isn't this just the greatest cover?
September 3, 2013Let me know what you think of the covers! Do you like them? Which book are you most excited for?
In the meantime, I am busy writing book 3 in the Visions series and book 4 in the Unwanteds series, so you will have those to read in 2014.
In non-chronological order, I'll start with my new series. First up is CRASH. It comes out next week, January 8, 2013. You can pre-order the hardcover or e-book here.
Next to it is the 2nd book in the Visions series, BANG, the sequel to Crash. It's due out October 8, 2013. Did you see how I'm not making you wait a whole year for the second book?
January 8, 2013
October 8, 2013I also have two books coming for my tween readers. Infinity Ring: The Trap Door comes out February 5, 2013. It's the third book in a time travel series written by six different authors. It's like The 39 Clues, only better. ;) You can pre-order this one, too. The first two books in the series by James Dashner and Carrie Ryan are out already, so if you haven't found them yet, now's the time!
February 5, 2013And the third book of The Unwanteds 7-book series comes out September 3, 2013. Isn't this just the greatest cover?
September 3, 2013Let me know what you think of the covers! Do you like them? Which book are you most excited for?In the meantime, I am busy writing book 3 in the Visions series and book 4 in the Unwanteds series, so you will have those to read in 2014.
December 7, 2012
A shiny review of CRASH from Kirkus!
CRASH
Author: McMann, Lisa
Review Issue Date: January 1, 2013
Online Publish Date: December 12, 2012
Publisher:Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster
Pages: 240
Price ( Hardcover ): $16.99
Publication Date: January 8, 2013
ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-1-4424-0391-8
Category: Fiction
Series: Visions
Volume: 1
Seeing is believing…unless you’re the only one with the vision.
McMann kicks off the first book in her new Visions series with a bang. On nearly every flat surface—billboards, televisions and road signs—Jules Demarco sees an out-of-control snowplow crash into a restaurant, causing an explosion and killing those inside. With a depressed grandfather who committed suicide and a moody, hoarder father, she’s certain her Italian family will commit her if they find out about her visions. There’s also their probable anger to contend with: The restaurant in Jules’ vision is their rival pizza parlor, and one of the dead is Sawyer Angotti, her secret, lifelong crush and son of the adversarial restaurateur. As in the Wake trilogy, a strong female protagonist pairs with quick pacing, realistic dialogue and the right amount of romance to drive this suspenseful story. Using clues from her ever more frequent visions, social outcast Jules tries to figure out the exact time of the crash in an attempt to thwart it, risking her already shaky standing with Sawyer, her parents and her classmates. In the process of saving lives, she also discovers some dark family secrets. The teen’s occasional lists of five items, such as “Five reasons why I, Jules Demarco, am shunned,” keep the drama on the lighter side.
McMann is on her way to becoming the next queen of supernatural thrillers. (Supernatural thriller. 14 & up)
--from Kirkus Reviews
Author: McMann, Lisa
Review Issue Date: January 1, 2013
Online Publish Date: December 12, 2012
Publisher:Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster
Pages: 240
Price ( Hardcover ): $16.99
Publication Date: January 8, 2013
ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-1-4424-0391-8
Category: Fiction
Series: Visions
Volume: 1
Seeing is believing…unless you’re the only one with the vision.
McMann kicks off the first book in her new Visions series with a bang. On nearly every flat surface—billboards, televisions and road signs—Jules Demarco sees an out-of-control snowplow crash into a restaurant, causing an explosion and killing those inside. With a depressed grandfather who committed suicide and a moody, hoarder father, she’s certain her Italian family will commit her if they find out about her visions. There’s also their probable anger to contend with: The restaurant in Jules’ vision is their rival pizza parlor, and one of the dead is Sawyer Angotti, her secret, lifelong crush and son of the adversarial restaurateur. As in the Wake trilogy, a strong female protagonist pairs with quick pacing, realistic dialogue and the right amount of romance to drive this suspenseful story. Using clues from her ever more frequent visions, social outcast Jules tries to figure out the exact time of the crash in an attempt to thwart it, risking her already shaky standing with Sawyer, her parents and her classmates. In the process of saving lives, she also discovers some dark family secrets. The teen’s occasional lists of five items, such as “Five reasons why I, Jules Demarco, am shunned,” keep the drama on the lighter side.
McMann is on her way to becoming the next queen of supernatural thrillers. (Supernatural thriller. 14 & up)
--from Kirkus Reviews
December 4, 2012
Heise Reads & Recommends: CRASH (Visions, book 1) by Lisa McMann
The early reviews are coming in for my new teen novel, CRASH!
Heise Reads & Recommends: CRASH (Visions, book 1) by Lisa McMann: Title: CRASH (Visions, book 1) Author: Lisa McMann Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: January 8, 2013 Number of Pages: 256 Source o...
Heise Reads & Recommends: CRASH (Visions, book 1) by Lisa McMann: Title: CRASH (Visions, book 1) Author: Lisa McMann Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: January 8, 2013 Number of Pages: 256 Source o...
November 15, 2012
CRASH (Visions Book 1) comes out January 8!
And it's a Winter Indie Next List pick. Here's the lovely review:Crash: Visions, Book One, by Lisa McMann
(Simon Pulse, $16.99, 9781442403918)
“The term ‘page-turner’ does not even begin to describe this latest book from McMann! From the moment readers meet Jules and begin to get a glimpse inside her life — a life without friends, spent working in her parent’s pizza shop, and with a recurring vision of the death of her estranged best friend — they’ll be hooked. Jules is a flawed character in all of the best ways, and McMann has created a plot that will have the reader flipping pages faster and faster to find out what happens next. An excellent start to a new series!” — Amanda Snow, Hooray for Books!, Alexandria, VA
September 20, 2012
THE UNWANTEDS is a NYT Bestseller!
Did you hear the news? THE UNWANTEDS hit the New York Times children's paperback bestseller list at #9. I am so excited! THANK YOU for making it happen!
Book 2, ISLAND OF SILENCE, is now available in stores and online everywhere in hardcover, ebook, or audio download. If you favorite bookstore doesn't have it in stock, ask them to order it for you.
I'm home this week, but heading out on the road to Provo, UT next Wednesday, and visiting San Francisco and Austin, Texas in October. Get the scoop on all my tour stops here.
If you missed my "behind the scenes of The Unwanteds" post on Nerdy Book Club, you can find it here.
Thanks again for all your wonderful support! I wouldn't get to do this awesome job without you.
xo
Lisa
Book 2, ISLAND OF SILENCE, is now available in stores and online everywhere in hardcover, ebook, or audio download. If you favorite bookstore doesn't have it in stock, ask them to order it for you.
I'm home this week, but heading out on the road to Provo, UT next Wednesday, and visiting San Francisco and Austin, Texas in October. Get the scoop on all my tour stops here.
If you missed my "behind the scenes of The Unwanteds" post on Nerdy Book Club, you can find it here.
Thanks again for all your wonderful support! I wouldn't get to do this awesome job without you.
xo
Lisa
September 9, 2012
Unwanteds Island of Silence Tour
Book 2 of The Unwanteds is out, and book 3 is in the works!
Here's where I'll be this fall. I'll sign all the books you bring with you (if the store allows). Please purchase at least one book from the bookstore event you attend so that the store can continue to host cool events like these:
Mon, Sept 10, 5pm
BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP with Margaret Peterson Haddix
14532 Memorial Dr.
Houston,TX
Tues, Sept 11, 7pm
BookPeople with Margaret Peterson Haddix
603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin,TX
Wed, Sept 12, 7pm
BARNES & NOBLE with Margaret Peterson Haddix
Stonebriar Center Mall
Frisco,TX
Thurs, Sept 13, 5pm
MRS. NELSON'S TOY AND BOOK SHOP with Margaret Peterson Haddix
1030 Bonita Ave.
La Verne,CA
Saturday, Sept 15, 10:30am
BRIDGE TO BOOKS with Margaret Peterson Haddix, Shannon Messenger, Helen Stringer
McKinley School
325 South Oak Knoll Avenue
Pasadena,CA
Wed, Sept 26, 2012, 7pm
Provo City Library with Brandon Mull
Library Ballroom
550 North University Avenue
Provo, UT 84601
Saturday, Oct 6, 2012, 2pm
Changing Hands Bookstore Club Read
Tempe, AZ
Wed & Thurs, Oct 10-11
San Francisco area events TBA
Friday, Oct 12, 2012
NCIBA
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012
SCIBA
Sat-Sun, Oct 27-28, 2012
Texas Book Festival
Friday, Nov 9, 2012
AzLA annual conference
Nov 16-18, 2012
NCTE
Here's where I'll be this fall. I'll sign all the books you bring with you (if the store allows). Please purchase at least one book from the bookstore event you attend so that the store can continue to host cool events like these:
Mon, Sept 10, 5pm
BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP with Margaret Peterson Haddix
14532 Memorial Dr.
Houston,TX
Tues, Sept 11, 7pm
BookPeople with Margaret Peterson Haddix
603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin,TX
Wed, Sept 12, 7pm
BARNES & NOBLE with Margaret Peterson Haddix
Stonebriar Center Mall
Frisco,TX
Thurs, Sept 13, 5pm
MRS. NELSON'S TOY AND BOOK SHOP with Margaret Peterson Haddix
1030 Bonita Ave.
La Verne,CA
Saturday, Sept 15, 10:30am
BRIDGE TO BOOKS with Margaret Peterson Haddix, Shannon Messenger, Helen Stringer
McKinley School
325 South Oak Knoll Avenue
Pasadena,CA
Wed, Sept 26, 2012, 7pm
Provo City Library with Brandon Mull
Library Ballroom
550 North University Avenue
Provo, UT 84601
Saturday, Oct 6, 2012, 2pm
Changing Hands Bookstore Club Read
Tempe, AZ
Wed & Thurs, Oct 10-11
San Francisco area events TBA
Friday, Oct 12, 2012
NCIBA
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012
SCIBA
Sat-Sun, Oct 27-28, 2012
Texas Book Festival
Friday, Nov 9, 2012
AzLA annual conference
Nov 16-18, 2012
NCTE
September 4, 2012
The Unwanteds: Island of Silence is on-sale now!
Available in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook, in stores and online. Yay! Find me on tour here.
August 25, 2012
Back to reality: Tour, Prize Packs, and a new stage of life
Hello friends! Fall is a season of firsts, isn't it?
This week we moved my firstborn to college. The house is quieter. This morning I keep looking up when I hear a noise, expecting to see him. There's this fist-sized ball of pride and loneliness in my throat, and my eyes keep leaking at random times. It was hard saying goodbye yesterday, knowing I won't see him until Thanksgiving. But I'm so excited for him, and I know he's going to have some of the best times of his life.
My friend Margaret Peterson Haddix, with whom I toured last year for The Unwanteds and with whom I'll be touring again this year for The Unwanteds: Island of Silence (and her newest book Caught), has been really helpful -- her firstborn went to college last year, and her second child is heading that way this year. In a way, she's helped me prepare for this for a year.
It didn't really make it any easier. I'm glad I had my sunglasses handy when I hugged my son goodbye -- no kid wants to see his parents fall apart, grasping at the past, when they are only looking toward the exciting future.
Today I looked at the calendar and I realized I have an exciting future too. I have a book coming out in ten days. Ten days! That means I'll be touring soon. Amazing how life and careers go on here at the McMann household minus one.
If you are in the following areas, I will be nearby in September & October:
Tempe, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Houston, TX
Austin, TX
Frisco, TX
La Verne, CA
Pasadena, CA
Provo, UT
San Francisco, CA
Austin, TX (again) for the Texas Book Festival
For booksellers, I'll be visiting NCIBA and SCIBA.
And for teachers, I'll be at NCTE in Las Vegas in November.
Next spring I'll be doing several book festivals as well around the country. Check out the full tour schedule here.
Continuing the tradition from last year, I have another free Prize Pack for this Unwanteds book. It's only available by pre-ordering through my local independent bookstore, Changing Hands, through Sept 4 (release day for Island of Silence). They ship almost anywhere, so you don't have to be local or even in the US to get the prize pack!
Inside is a handful of goodies including another collectible drawing by my talented college boy, this time of Matilda, a new character in the Unwanteds series. She's the cutest, ugliest gargoyle ever. Wanna see?
I want to thank you for all of your support over the years, and for your amazing love of The Unwanteds series, which is very dear to me. I hope to have several more books in the series--book 3 is already in the editing stages. Pre-order your prize pack now -- you never know, maybe that collectible drawing will sell big on eBay someday and it'll help your kid go to college too. We can have leaky eyes together. :)
xoxo
Lisa
This week we moved my firstborn to college. The house is quieter. This morning I keep looking up when I hear a noise, expecting to see him. There's this fist-sized ball of pride and loneliness in my throat, and my eyes keep leaking at random times. It was hard saying goodbye yesterday, knowing I won't see him until Thanksgiving. But I'm so excited for him, and I know he's going to have some of the best times of his life.
My friend Margaret Peterson Haddix, with whom I toured last year for The Unwanteds and with whom I'll be touring again this year for The Unwanteds: Island of Silence (and her newest book Caught), has been really helpful -- her firstborn went to college last year, and her second child is heading that way this year. In a way, she's helped me prepare for this for a year.
It didn't really make it any easier. I'm glad I had my sunglasses handy when I hugged my son goodbye -- no kid wants to see his parents fall apart, grasping at the past, when they are only looking toward the exciting future.
Today I looked at the calendar and I realized I have an exciting future too. I have a book coming out in ten days. Ten days! That means I'll be touring soon. Amazing how life and careers go on here at the McMann household minus one.
If you are in the following areas, I will be nearby in September & October:
Tempe, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Houston, TX
Austin, TX
Frisco, TX
La Verne, CA
Pasadena, CA
Provo, UT
San Francisco, CA
Austin, TX (again) for the Texas Book Festival
For booksellers, I'll be visiting NCIBA and SCIBA.
And for teachers, I'll be at NCTE in Las Vegas in November.
Next spring I'll be doing several book festivals as well around the country. Check out the full tour schedule here.
Continuing the tradition from last year, I have another free Prize Pack for this Unwanteds book. It's only available by pre-ordering through my local independent bookstore, Changing Hands, through Sept 4 (release day for Island of Silence). They ship almost anywhere, so you don't have to be local or even in the US to get the prize pack!
Inside is a handful of goodies including another collectible drawing by my talented college boy, this time of Matilda, a new character in the Unwanteds series. She's the cutest, ugliest gargoyle ever. Wanna see?
I want to thank you for all of your support over the years, and for your amazing love of The Unwanteds series, which is very dear to me. I hope to have several more books in the series--book 3 is already in the editing stages. Pre-order your prize pack now -- you never know, maybe that collectible drawing will sell big on eBay someday and it'll help your kid go to college too. We can have leaky eyes together. :)
xoxo
Lisa
August 17, 2012
It's prize pack time!
You can now pre-order your signed copy of THE UNWANTEDS: ISLAND OF SILENCE from Changing Hands Bookstore and get the free collectible prize pack (while they last). Pick it up at the event (Sept 5, 7pm) OR have it shipped - they ship just about anywhere!
August 9, 2012
Infinity Ring and Unwanteds Island of Silence
Exciting news! The Infinity Ring online game, which goes with the book series, is gearing up. Get a video sneak peek here, and next Tuesday head over to InfinityRing.com to see more!
And if you're into The Unwanteds, you can enter here to win an early copy of the second book in the series, The Unwanteds: Island of Silence (on sale Sept 4).
I'll have info on how you can get an exclusive Unwanteds Prize Pack in a few days -- stay tuned!
As always, check my tour page if you want to see where I'll be touring this fall. I'll be making stops in Phoenix, Texas, and Southern California, and then I'll be heading to more cities. I'll post them when I have the details. And I'm excited that some of those events will be with the amazing Margaret Peterson Haddix once again.
I hope your summer has been full of books and fun!
And if you're into The Unwanteds, you can enter here to win an early copy of the second book in the series, The Unwanteds: Island of Silence (on sale Sept 4).
I'll have info on how you can get an exclusive Unwanteds Prize Pack in a few days -- stay tuned!
As always, check my tour page if you want to see where I'll be touring this fall. I'll be making stops in Phoenix, Texas, and Southern California, and then I'll be heading to more cities. I'll post them when I have the details. And I'm excited that some of those events will be with the amazing Margaret Peterson Haddix once again.
I hope your summer has been full of books and fun!
