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A Free Magic Thief Story!

The fourth Magic Thief book comes out on September 16th, and to celebrate, here’s a free story. If you know other readers, let them know–it’s a story that a lot of readers have emailed to ask about!

Lost and Found

(At the end of The Magic Thief: Found, Conn gives up himself in order to complete a spell that binds both magics to the city of Wellmet. All that is left behind is an empty shell—Conn’s body, but not his true self. At the very end of the book, Conn touches the baby dragon, Pip, and...

The Magic Thieves

It’s not TOO long before the fourth Magic Thief book comes out, and I figured it’d be a good idea to give a summary of each one, so you’re ready to read it on September 16th!

If I forget anything, put it in the comments, okay?

In The Magic Thief, Conn is a gutterboy, who stupidly intrepidly picks the pocket of a wizard named Nevery and becomes the wizard’s servant apprentice. Conn simultaneously has to stay hidden from the Underlord, Crowe, find his own locus magicalicus stone so he can becom...

Win The Magic Thief: Home! (contest over)

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!! THE CONTEST IS OVER AND THE WINNER NOTIFIED.

I’m giving away a signed ARC (early reviewer copy) ofThe Magic Thief: Home to one lucky reader (open to all countries). All you have to do to enter is comment and tell me which Magic Thief character is your favorite, and why. In a week (Monday, June 15), I’ll choose a winner. Easy!

The actual book will be published on September 16th. You can pre-order a copy at your local independent bookstore, or if you want a hardcover co...

Win The Magic Thief: Home!

Hey, readers!

I’m giving away a signed ARC (early reviewer copy) ofThe Magic Thief: Home to one lucky reader (open to all countries). All you have to do to enter is comment and tell me which Magic Thief character is your favorite, and why. In a week (Monday, June 15), I’ll choose a winner. Easy!

The actual book will be published on September 16th. You can pre-order a copy at your local independent bookstore, or if you want a hardcover copy signed by me, contact Shawna at iowabook@gmail.com.

If y...

Magic Thief: Home COVER!!!!

If you’ve visited my blog before, you might remember a post that I wrote asking for predictions about what color the cover of the fourthMagic Thief book would be. Purple? Sooty gray? Black? Bright yellow?

Well, now’s your chance to find out! Today I’m excited to show you the cover of The Magic Thief: Home, the fourth book in the Magic Thief trilogy, coming in September from HarperCollins Children’s Books. Thanks so much to the lovely Charlotte for hosting the cover on her blog!! Included in th...

If the Shoe Fits … (my YA books!)

I’m thrilled to announce that Harper Teen will publish two young adult books by me–and even happier that I get to continue working with my wonderful editor, Toni Markiet.

The first YA is titled Ash & Bramble, and it’s not so much a retold fairytale as an exploded one in which a happily-ever-after is the worst possible ending. It’s got smooching in it. The publication date is in May 2015.

This is the book that I wrote in a wild five-week frenzy last year while moving to a new house, the book fo...

Summerkin paperback (plus Rook story)!

With all the excitement ofMoonkind‘s release, I didn’t mention that on the same daySummerkincame out in paperback. It’s an edition with “extras” in the back, including an interview with Gnar and Lich that made me cackle like a cackly thing when I wrote it.

When revisingSummerkinI took out a big section in the middle where Rook goes to New York with a changeling baby that he wants to return to his parents. It just about works as a short story, so I’ve cleaned it up and posted it here. Enjoy!

A P...

Moonkind!

Today isMoonkind‘s book birthday! It’s the third book in the Winterling trilogy, in which Fer has to deal with the consequences of a very bad decision, and Rook proves what it really means to stay true. Also: giant spiders.

As is traditional on this date, I blog the dedication and acknowledgements page from the book because even though I write the words, a lot of other people helped turn it into a book.

Dedication

To Deb Coates, who taught me that dog reasons are not our reasons. Also to her dog...

Play the sentence game and win the Winterling trilogy!! CONTEST OVER

CONTEST HAS ENDED!! Thanks for stopping by.

To celebrate the release ofMoonkind on December 31st, I’m giving away signed, first-edition, hardcover copies of the entire trilogy–Winterling,Summerkin,andMoonkind!

Plus a printed-out, hand-lettered, special edition copy of the Winterling prequel e-story “Thrice Sworn” (which tells Phouka’s story, and how Rook came to be thrice-sworn, thrice bound to the Mor).

Plus two paperback copies of Summerkin for two runners-up.

All you have to do to enter ispi...

Play the sentence game and win the Winterling trilogy!!

To celebrate the release ofMoonkind on December 31st, I’m giving away signed, first-edition, hardcover copies of the entire trilogy–Winterling,Summerkin,andMoonkind!

Plus a printed-out, hand-lettered, special edition copy of the Winterling prequel e-story “Thrice Sworn” (which tells Phouka’s story, and how Rook came to be thrice-sworn, thrice bound to the Mor).

Plus two paperback copies of Summerkin for two runners-up.

All you have to do to enter ispick a number between 1 and 259and post it in...