Some Things Are Worth the Drive a.k.a. Meeting Some Awesome Authors!
I got my books signed by Kimberly Derting, Kami Garcia, and Victoria Schwab.
Last week I drove several hours to attend a book signing in Memphis and met three celebrities. Okay, they were authors, but authors are celebrities to me. They were in Memphis for the Unbreakable book tour for Kami Garcia’s new book. She invited other authors to join her at each stop on her tour. How awesome is that! More authors at one location means even more fun!
The authors in attendance were: Kamia Garcia (co-author of Beautiful Creatures), Kimberly Derting (best-known for The Body-Finder Series), and Victoria Schwab (an author of supernatural young adult books who recently crossed over into the adult market).
All of the authors were really nice. They all write about the supernatural in one way or another. And they were all ordinary people who worked their way up from writers to authors. When Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl wrote Beautiful Creatures, it was simply a story for their children. They hadn’t planned to publish it. They didn’t know anything about the publishing process. Now they are New York Time Best-Selling Authors. I first met Kimberly Derting online through Twitter before her first book was officially announced. Now she has 8+ books that are published or soon to be published! Victoria Schwab also said she knew little about publishing before her first book.
There is something almost spiritual about talking about writing with other writers. It was very inspirational. I had a lot of fun and it was great to meet everyone. Please check out the books by these wonderful authors if you’re looking for something new to read.
Kami Garcia is co-author of The Beautiful Creatures Series about the supernatural creatures in a small southern town and the human boy who gets tangled in their secret world. The series is unique because it’s told from the human boy’s point-of-view and the girl is the one with super-powers! Also, everything you ever heard about small southern towns is true, and this book is a good depiction of what life’s like in one such town. Kami’s most recent book, Unbreakable, is about a girl who didn’t believe in the supernatural until a ghost tries to kill her and two gorgeous boys ask her to take her dead mother’s place in a secret society that helps protect the world from a vengeful demon.
Kimberly Derting is best-known for her Body Finder Series about a girl who can sense the “echoes” left behind by dead bodies. But her Pledge Series is my favorite. It’s a dystopian fantasy about a merchant-class girl who understands all languages in a society where social class is divided by the languages they understand. When a mysterious boy who speaks a strange language enters the protagonist’s life, her whole world begins to change. The series of full of political intrigue, magic, and romance. The third and final book in the Pledge Series will be released in January. I can’t wait to read it. Kim also has a new book, The Taking, which also comes out next year. It’s about a girl who wakes up to discover she’s been missing for 5 years. She doesn’t remember anything and hasn’t aged during those 5 years.
Victoria Schwab is the author of several young adult books and just released a book in the adult market. The Near Witch is about a fairytale told to frighten children in a small town, but when children start disappearing, one girl and the mysterious boy new to town team up to find the children and learn the truth about the fairytale. The Archived is the first book in a series about an Archive where the dead are stored like books. Vicious, her newest book, is about two boys who discover that under the right conditions people can develop super-human abilities. Ten years later, these men are enemies and everyone might get swept up in their battle.
The event was lots of fun and well-worth the drive! Check out these authors if you get the chance.
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