Leanna Renee Hieber & Alethea Kontis @ KGB, March 20th

FANTASTIC FICTION at KGB reading series, hosts Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel present: Leanna Renee Hieber is an actress, playwright and author of Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy series such as the Strangely Beautiful saga, the Magic Most Foul saga and the upcoming Eterna Files series for Tor. She is a four time Prism Award winner and her Strangely Beautiful saga is…

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ARCs of HERO

I’ve been getting lots of questions about Advance Reading Copies (ARCs) of Hero, so I thought it would be best to answer them here. 1.) YES! I’ve just been notified that there WILL be ARCs of Hero available. I have no idea where or when, but they will definitely be made available. 2.) I am not the person to…

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E is for Edward

E is for Edward, a God of Goth Pride He wrote silly nonsense, and later he died. Happy birthday, Edward Gorey, from the legions of young people you inspired…and me.   Tweet

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E is for ENCORE!

Once again — not to be outdone, the ENCHANTED audiobook, read by the lovely Katherine Kellgren has been nominated for a 2012 Audie Award! “Teen” is a super tough category this year. The nominees are: **Enchanted, by Alethea Kontis, Narrated by Katherine Kellgren, Brilliance Audio. **The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green, Narrated by Kate Rudd, Brilliance Audio….

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ENCHANTED Nominated for the 2012 Andre Norton Award

I’ve been hoping and wishing and praying for this moment since I bought four boxes of books from my friend back in 2004. Now, it’s official. ENCHANTED has made the final ballot for the 2012 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. I…I don’t even know what to say. Except maybe “thank you” to all the…

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Less Than Three Anti-Bullying Conference

Hello, beautiful people! I am home from Vermont (briefly) and desperately trying to catch up on everything while I’m here so I can leave for Mysticon on Friday with a happily crossed-off To-Do list. I have a LOT of announcements to make here this week…including the one where I tell you that tickets for Heather Brewer’s Less Than Three…

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My Mysticon Program Schedule

Mysticon 2013 is right around the corner…are you ready? (I am so not ready…but I’m totally faking it really well.) If you’re looking for me that weekend, I won’t be hard to find. I’ll have my own table (I have a new banner!) where I’ll be selling books and Wonderland Alphabet prints, and when I’m not there, I’ll be…

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A Loving Tribute

I can’t add all of the Dark-Hunter role players on Facebook to my friends list and I don’t have the time to play with them as much as I’d like, but the DH Origins folks have always been wonderful to me and treat me like family. When I woke up to the usual 3am insomnia this morning, I had…

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