Witchlanders Nominated for a White Pine Award!
The told us two weeks ago and all the nominees have had to keep it secret since then. I have an enormous mouth, so I can tell you, it was pretty difficult. Anyway, I can finally spill! Very delighted that WITCHLANDERS is part of this exceptional list: All Good Children by Catherine Austen (Orca Book Publishers) Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts (Simon & Schuster BFYR/Simon & Schuster) First Day On Earth by Cecil Castellucci (Scholastic Press/Scholastic Inc.) Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Abby McDonald (Candlewick Press) Karma by Cathy Ostlere (Puffin Canada/Penguin Group) The Opposite...
Read MoreWorst Self-Promoter Ever Forgets Own Book Birthday
Hey! Witchlanders is out in paperback today! Thank goodness for a tweet by IndigoTeenBlog because…I sort of forgot. I still haven’t seen the pb’s in the wild and I haven’t gotten any author copies yet, so anyone who’d like to send me a pic will receive…my eternal gratitude? A signed bookmark? Yes, that’s it, a signed bookmark. (Actually I’ll mail a signed bookmark to anyone who wants one.) Happy book birthday to...
Read MoreWitchlanders– A CRYSTAL KITE WINNER!!!
Holy moly! I’m completely speechless this morning to have learned on Twitter (before it even showed up on the SCBWI website!) that WITCHLANDERS has won the Crystal Kite Award for my region. (It’s up there now so–yes!–it’s official!) From the SCBWI website: The Crystal Kite Awards are given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators each year to recognize great books from 15 regional SCBWI divisions around the world. Along with the SCBWI Golden Kite Awards, the Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children’s book writers and illustrators,...
Read MoreYA Faeries & Fantasy Giveaway Winner Announced!
Sorry for the slight delay in picking a winner, friends. I’ve been sick, and–boy!–there were a lot of entries to go through. But, thanks to the number generator at random.org, I can now announce that the winner of a signed copy of WITCHLANDERS is… Valerie Redfern!!! Woo-hooo! Congratulations Valerie, and thank you all so much for...
Read MoreYoung Adult Faeries & Fantasy Giveaway Hop!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. The winner is announced here! I love YA fantasy. That’s why I jumped at the chance to participate in this blog hop, where over 100 YA fantasy novels are being given away! Here at my own little blog, I’ll be giving away a signed copy of my debut novel, Witchlanders, out last fall from Atheneum Books for Young Readers. If you’d like to enter, just comment below and get an extra entry for tweeting or facebooking about the contest (with a link to this website in the tweet or post) or following me at the right via Google Friend Connect....
Read MoreAnd the winners are…
Congratulations to the two winners of my WITCHLANDERS giveaway, JUDY RUSSELL and CHERIE!!! I’ll be emailing you later today to get a mailing addresses. Yay! These winners were chosen by the Random Number Generator at RANDOM.ORG Here’s what you win: Signed by...
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Hi! I'm Lena, a young adult fantasy author from Toronto.