Every day through Aug 17th a trivia question about The Mark will be posted here (and tweeted and facebooked).  Answer the questions and/or pass them on for a chance to win one of three ARCs of The Vision. TODAY’S QUESTION:   What is the name of Cassie’s philosophy professor?  (not the TA, the professor) TO ENTER:  Use this link [...]

Every day through Aug 17th a trivia question about The Mark will be posted here (and tweeted and facebooked).  Answer the questions and/or pass them on for a chance to win one of three ARCs of The Vision. TODAY’S QUESTION:   What sport does Jack play? TO ENTER:  Use this link to submit your answer (don’t leave it in [...]

Every day for the next week a trivia question about The Mark will be posted here (and tweeted and facebooked).  Answer the questions and/or pass them on for a chance to win one of three ARCs of The Vision. TODAY’S QUESTION:  In The Mark, where does Cassie work? TO ENTER:  Use this link to submit your answer (don’t [...]

The winner of the first signed ARC of The Vision, bookmarks and pen is: Annmarie! Congrats, Annmarie!  I’ve emailed instructions for claiming your prize. Thanks so much to everyone who tweeted, shared, facebooked and/or added the widget to enter!  There will be more giveaways – a bunch more, I think – including one starting later [...]

I have my box of ARCs!  That means it’s time for some giveaways around here… UP FOR GRABS:  A signed ARC of The Vision (the first I’ve given away!), plus bookmarks and a glowing pen.  TO ENTER:  Tweet (or RT my tweet), blog or post on Facebook (or share my post) about the giveaway with a [...]

Callimari2…whose birthday just happens to be next week!  Congrats, Callimari, and happy birthday, too!  There’s a note in your inbox telling you how to claim your two books.  Thanks to everyone who entered and shared their awesome news, recipes, book recommendations and such!

One: The Mark made the Bank Street list of Best Children’s Books of the Year.  Lots of great books are on the list, I’m thrilled to be included! Two:  My aunt’s sister’s daughter* is reading The Mark for her seventh grade English class.  Aside from the obvious (holy crap – my old school is reading my book!), I think it’s awesome that the teacher is using something with real relevance [...]

Time for the final Tennerific Giveaway… Enter by midnight Tuesday, December 28 by commenting at the tenners with the best book you read this year. Giveaway is open internationally to anyone 13 or older.  Good luck!

We’re having a massive giveaway at The Tenners:  one public or school library will be selected to receive a set of 54 books by 2010 MG and YA debut authors! All you have to do to enter is capture any one of our books in the wild. Take a photo of yourself, another librarian, a patron, [...]

On Saturday, I got to meet readers, YA authors and some pretty impressive aspiring writers at Barnes & Noble, Nanuet NY for the Teen Author Event put together by Shari Maurer.  Twenty-five teens entered the writing contest.  I read all of the entries and was honestly shocked at how good they were.  I don’t remember being able to write like that [...]