My Interview with Harper Collins Canada Editor, Hadley Dyer
My first interview as Canadian corruspondant for Cynthia Leitich Smith’s fabulous Cynsations blog posts today! It’s an interview with the wonderful writer and editor, Hadley Dyer. Have a...
Read MoreWhere I’ll Be at World Fantasy Con
In spite of the broken arm, I’ve made it to San Diego! I’ll be reading an excerpt from WITCHLANDERS, plus a little taste of something brand new, on Thursday Night. Hope to see you there! Lena Coakley at World Fantasy Con Thursday October 27 5:30 Pacific Room 4/5 In other news, I got to meet my agent, Steven Malk, today for the first time. Steve works at the San Diego offices of Writers House, so I’m delighted I got this chance to visit. You may not know that I received a grant from The Access Copyright Foundation to come to to San Diego and attend the World Fantasy...
Read MoreA Good Time Was Had By All–Especially Me!
As you can see, one of the many things I’ve gained in the writing of this book is a community, which is why I would consider these last ten years time well spent even if I didn’t get a book out of it. From my thank-you speech I had such a wonderful time last night at the Toronto launch for Witchlanders! Here are a few pictures of the event at the beautiful Ben MacNally’s Bookstore. Many, many thanks to the wonderful people at Simon and Schuster Canada for helping me to organize it, coming out in full force, donating the door prize and for being all-together awesome! For...
Read MoreToronto Launch Party for WITCHLANDERS
Right now, I’m up to my eyeballs planning a launch party for my first novel, Witchlanders. If you’re in the Toronto area (or can get here!) I’d love to see you there! I’ll be doing a short reading, signing books and giving away a door prize donated by the FABULOUS folks at Simon & Schuster, Canada. The food will be awesome, if that has any power to sway you. (A teaser: buffalo chicken dip, asparagus roasted in Parmesan crust and curried roasted butternut squash dip with sweet potato crisps.) Here are the details: Thursday, October 6, 2011 Ben McNally Books 366...
Read MoreSome great news for Witchlanders!
I recently got two fabulous pieces of news from my editor at Atheneum, Caitlyn Dlouhy. The first is that Witchlanders has been chosen from over 160 books to be one of 20 ABC New Voices selections, a list from the American Booksellers Association that recognizes excellence in a debut MG or YA novel. AND I was reviewed in the Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books who said, “Fans of contemplative, psychologically rich (but no less action-packed) fantasies à la Ursula Le Guin will welcome this warm, inventive debut and wait eagerly for the implied sequel.” Get OUT!...
Read MoreBut Enough about Me…Some OTHER YA & MG Fantasies I’m Excited to Read This Fall
Well, the blog tour is over, the Kindle winner has been announced, and I am officially sick of myself. I missed Random Acts of Publicity last week because…I was too busy blathering on about my own book! But there are some OTHER wonderful fantasies coming out this fall that I’m very excited to read. (And by fantasies I mean fantasies and paranormals–I tend to use the term broadly.) Whenever I do a post like this I always feel I have to preface it by saying: I don’t know what they heck I’m talking about. By which I mean: There are many, many other bloggers that are more up-to-date...
Read MoreAbout Me
Hi! I'm Lena, a young adult fantasy author from Toronto.