The Calamity Release Party at the Orem Barnes & Noble is just a few hours from now. This is the final book of the Reckoners trilogy that began with Steelheart, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of the end.

You can see my brief schedule below; check my events calendar for full details on the Calamity tour. I hope to see many of you ( Read more... )

Hey, all! Shockingly, there’s another book launch around the corner! Calamity releases one week from today. I feel like I just did this...because I did. The Bands of Mourning, as you know, was a somewhat accidental book-and Tor slotting it in January meant that my normal release schedule of fall book/spring book has been somewhat upended ( Read more... )

Introduction
We are approaching Koloss Head-Munching Day-the day of the year that happens, by utter coincidence, to coincide with my birthday. (December 19th.) I’m turning forty this year, which isn’t as dramatic for me as it might be for some others. From the way I act, people have been joking for the last twenty years that I was “born forty.” I ( Read more... )

In this year's Goodreads Choice Awards, Shadows of Self is nominated in the Fantasy category and Firefight is in the YA Fantasy & SF category. The first round of voting wraps up this weekend. Congratulations to all of the nominees ( Read more... )

Steelheart has been nominated for another regional award, the 2016 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers’ Choice Award, the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada. It was established in 1940 by Seattle bookseller Harry Hartman, who believed every student should have an opportunity to select a book that gives him or her ( Read more... )

As I tweeted about a couple of weeks ago, io9.com revealed the cover for Calamity. They also posted the prologue and first two chapters for you to sink your teeth into.

We have some more fantastic news about Steelheart: it received another nomination for a state book award. This time it's the Green Mountain Book Award, a readers' choice award for ( Read more... )

Over the last few months I've mentioned various awards that some of my books have been up for or won. Here's some more news and a few award photos for you.

It's been a particularly exciting time for Steelheart as it has been nominated (along with The Rithmatist) for the 2016 Oklahoma Sequoya Award (one of the oldest book awards in the country) as ( Read more... )

I have some more exciting news: the students of Kentucky have chosen Steelheart as the 2015 winner of the Kentucky Bluegrass Award in the 6-8 category. It has also been selected as an Evergreen Teen Book Award nominee for 2015-2016 ( Read more... )

For those who were not aware, I ran some contests through Facebook and Twitter a few weeks ago. Winners receive a set of Epic stand-up die-cut cards, and all are collected below!

One contest was for people to tweet their favorite of David's bad metaphors from Steelheart and Firefight. Here are the winners (selected randomly). You can find a bunch ( Read more... )