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BEA Panels: Alternate History for Young Adults
Authors Scott Westerfeld, Cassandra Clare, and Holly Black participated in the 2009 BEA panel on Alternate Histories in Young Adult fiction.
Read our coverage after the jump . . .
The Occasional e-Clare: BookExpo America
This is my first BEA, and I have all of five hours on a Saurday afternoon to devote. How do I do it, much less do it justice? Well, I can’t, but here’s the overview.
The Occasional e-Clare: Free Horror Fiction
Over at my other e-home, Women of Mystery, we’re told we have the exclusive link to download a free horror novella, SERIAL, by Jack Kilbourn and Blake Crouch. We’re also having a contest through Friday to give away, at random, 5 copies of Jack Kilbourn’s (aka J.A. Konrath’s) latest horror novel AFRAID.
Read the novella and contest entry info after the jump . . .
The Occasional e-Clare: Anton Strout Mini-view
While at 2009’s New York Comic Con, I had the chance to do several short author interviews. One who made himself available for my silly questions was hale fellow Anton Strout. As my recorder fried, perhaps due to super-secret rays, you’ll have to deal with my paraphrasing from scribbled notes. Mr. Strout may alert me if I defame or misstate, and I’ll be sure to revise once he offers a more entertaining alternative. I know he can . . .
The Occasional eClare – New York Comic Con Panel: Kick-Ass Female Authors and their Killer Heroines
Friday the 13th is the perfect day for BookSpot Central’s Valentine to some wonderful women authors of paranormal fiction. Whether the label du jour is urban fantasy, dark fantasy, or some flavor of paranormal, with or without heavy romantic elements and (ahem) explicit hotness, these series can encompass high-octane thrills, layered world-creation, ensemble character [...]
THE EXPLORERS CLUB – NAOMI NOVIK and CHARLES ARDAI
You Are Cordially Invited to THE EXPLORERS CLUB (Sir Edmund Hillary, Hon. Chairman) To Celebrate Two Publishing Events Under One Roof: The Debut of VICTORY OF EAGLES, the First Hardcover Adventure of Temeraire, the Dragon, by New York Times Best-Selling Author NAOMI NOVIK (In Which England is Invaded by Bonaparte) And The Astonishing (and only [...]
Book Review – The Dark End of Town
Author: Julia Pomeroy Cover Artist: Maria Elias Publisher: Carroll & Graf Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: March 2006 ulia Pomeroy’s debut, THE DARK END OF TOWN, offers a clear-eyed look at people and their relationships, their tragic entanglements and amazing resilience. Abby Silvernale has only a brief and discouraging modeling career in New York City before [...]
Book Review – The Black Tattoo
Author: Sam Enthoven Cover Artist: John Jude Palencar Publisher: Penguin Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: October 2006 In THE BLACK TATTOO, Sam Enthoven’s created an adventure novel of anti-theology for young adults, excising all the white hats in favor of a panoply of demonic dictators and gladiators which will appeal to fans of grotesquerie and fight [...]
Book Review – Stones of Abraxas
Author: K. Osborn Sullivan Cover Artist: Arturo Delgado Publisher: Medallion Press Binding: Paperback Publication Date: July, 2006 In STONES OF ABRAXAS, K. Osborn Sullivan has created an entertaining first fantasy novel for young adults, though some awkwardness in execution and too-conventional elements make it less immersive and compelling than it could be and than her [...]
Book Review – The Girl in the Glass
Author: Jeffrey Ford Cover Artist: Nicola Ferguson Publisher: Voyager Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2005 For 2005, THE GIRL IN THE GLASS won the Edgar award for Best Paperback Original from the Mystery Writers of America. You might think a crime-writing award a strange one for Jeffrey Ford to receive if you’ve principally considered him an [...]
Book Review – The Skirt Man
Author: Shelly Reuben Publisher: Harcourt Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: June 2006 Because Shelly Reuben is a licensed private detective and a certified fire investigator, you might guess THE SKIRT MAN’s plot involves fire, in this instance a dubious case of spontaneous human combustion, but it’s primarily a story about a family and the secrets of [...]
Graphic Novel Review – The Book of Ballads
Author: Charles Vess Penciler: Charles Vess Cover Artist: Charles Vess Publisher: Tor Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: October 2004 With textual help from some well-known names, but primarily from the inspiration of classic Anglo-Saxon storysongs, Charles Vess has created a unique form of graphic novel. Recently reprinted in softcover, THE BOOK OF BALLADS is a gorgeous [...]
