My local paper came through with a lovely interview just in time for the upcoming release of A Little Taste of Poison on Sept. 27th:

http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2016/09/09/stratford-author-rj-anderson-releases-newest-book-for-young-readers

There are a few tidbits for those who are wondering what's coming next -- and kerravonsen, there is a shout- ( Read more... )

So this is a meme that made its way around to me a couple months ago, courtesy of award-winning Code Name Verity author Elizabeth Wein tagging Erin Bow (author of the gorgeous, funny, heartbreaking Plain Kate) and Erin tagging me in return. (I was also tagged by Zoë Marriott, whose sumptuous and refreshingly diverse secondary-world fantasies I ( Read more... )

My first audio interview! If you want to hear all about how Knife's story came to be, my road to publication, some Q & A's about characters and events in the book, and a few tidbits about what's coming up next for Knife and the Oakenfolk, all you have to do is listen to this podcast:

KiscoCast 11. A conversation with R.J. AndersonThanks to the ( Read more... )

This week I'm featured in the Author Spotlight on AuthorsNow!, and I'm giving away a signed hardcover copy of Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter as part of the deal. If you want to throw your name in the hat, check out the interview here and leave a comment!

I'll also be doing another giveaway here on the LJ some time next week, so if you don't win over ( Read more... )

Today's debut2009 author interview (and I have to tell you, this will be the last one for a while -- I'm totally swamped with revisions right now!) is with the delightful, multi-talented, and incredibly hard-working Saundra Mitchell, author of Shadowed SummerThis was the very first book I read by a fellow Deb, and I have to say, it blew me away. I don't ( Read more... )

Today I'm happy to introduce fellow debut2009 member Erin Dionne, the author of the delightful tween novel Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies!


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Today I'm excited to be hosting the talented and versatile debut2009 author Cynthea Liu, who just celebrated her release date for her first book The Great Call of China yesterday with an exciting online party! Congratulations, Cynthea!

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This week's featured debut2009 author is the delightful Jenny Moss, who's here to tell us all about her excellent middle-grade historical novel Winnie's War.

About the Book:

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I'm happy to announce that over the course of this coming year I'll be participating in the Moveable Feast of Awesome, a.k.a. the 2009 Debs' Blog Tour! Every week or so I'll post an interview with one of my fellow debut2009 authors as their books hit the shelves, so you can find out more about them and their writing.


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From now on I want all author interviews to be as hilariously brilliant as Shannon Hale interviewing M.T. Anderson. I don't care if the interview gives me no practical information whatsoever: silly, random things make me happy, so there.