Leah Cypess writes so beautifully. I love that the NIGHTSPELL cover reflects the wondrous, enticing quality of her prose.


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Joy Preble is the author of a series of novels inspired by Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. I've always been quite fascinated by the story of Anastasia and was pulled into the mystery of the false Anastasia - Anna Anderson - when I was younger. After reading about Anna Anderson, I was persuaded she was the real duchess, and so was ( Read more... )

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So many books I want to read. A particular one is released, and I think, I want that. And then it's a few years later, and I still haven't read it. Ultimately, this is a good thing for readers. So many excellent stories out there waiting for us.

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Here's another book I've been hearing good things about and want to read: THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY by Margot Livesey. 
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Jen Robinson calls Greg Leitich Smith's middle grade CHRONAL ENGINE irresistible and "a fun, well-researched novel with an appealing premise." 
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Maggie Stiefvater asked some of her fellow authors to give readers a glimpse of our writing processes by analyzing the evolving first chapter of one of our books. I am up for it! The first draft of SHADOW was a skeleton draft. I had the plot in my head (which I ended up changing) and had Shadow’s voice, and wanted to get it all down on “paper” ( Read more... )

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