Tuesday
Apr302013

A New Book Deal!

I’m so excited to share some book news today!

Here’s the official announcement from Publishers Marketplace:

Children's: Young Adult
FRACTURE and HYSTERIA author Megan Miranda's AFTERLIFE, set in a world in which soul-fingerprinting is a reality, and about a girl who escapes after spending her whole life imprisoned for crimes her past-self committed, uncovering clues only she can decipher and which raise questions about who she was and is and whether she's fated to repeat the past, again to 
Emily Easton at Walker Children's and Rebecca McNally at Bloomsbury UK Children's, in a very nice deal, for publication in Winter 2015, by Sarah Davies at the Greenhouse Literary Agency (World English). Foreign: info@rightspeople.com 

I am so thrilled to be working with my editor and the entire team at Bloomsbury/Walker Books for Young Readers again! And a huge thanks, as always, to my fantastic agent, Sarah Davies!

More soon!

Wednesday
Apr032013

YA Scavenger Hunt

Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! (This hunt officially begins Thursday, 12pm Pacific Time) This tri-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author (from me, this will be a deleted scene from Hysteria), you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours!

Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are TWO contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the BLUE TEAM--but there is also a red team for a chance to win a whole different set of twenty-five signed books!

If you'd like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt homepage.

SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE

Directions: Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the blue team, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use a calculator!). 

Entry Form: Once you've added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.

Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by Sunday, April 7th, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.

SCAVENGER HUNT POST

Today, I'm hosting Rachel Harris on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt! 

 As a teen, Rachel Harris threw raging parties that shook her parents’ walls and created embarrassing fodder for future YA novels. As an adult, she reads and writes obsessively, rehashes said embarrassing fodder, and dreams up characters who become her own grown up version of imaginary friends. 

When not typing furiously or flipping pages in an enthralling romance, she homeschools her two beautiful girls and watches reality television with her amazing husband. She's the author of My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, and her debut adult romance, Taste the Heat.

Find out more at Rachel's website!

EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

Alessandra D’Angeli is in need of an adventure. Tired of her sixteenth-century life in Italy and homesick for her time-traveling cousin, Cat, who visited her for a magical week and dazzled her with tales of the future, Alessandra is lost. Until the stars hear her plea.

One mystical spell later, Alessandra appears on Cat’s Beverly Hills doorstep five hundred years in the future. Surrounded by confusing gadgets, scary transportation, and scandalous clothing, Less is hesitant to live the life of a twenty-first century teen…until she meets the infuriating—and infuriatingly handsome—surfer Austin Michaels. Austin challenges everything she believes in…and introduces her to a world filled with possibility.

With the clock ticking, Less knows she must live every moment of her modern life while she still can. But how will she return to the drab life of her past when the future is what holds everything she’s come to love?

You can pre-order at Amazon, B&N, or IndieBound!

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The hunt is now over!

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BONUS PRIZE

I'm also giving away an additional prize right here: signed copies of FRACTURE & HYSTERIA!

Contest now closed. (Winner: Ali Kiki)

CONTINUE THE HUNT

To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author, Tera Lynn Childs!

Thursday
Mar142013

Signed Books! And This Month in Pictures

First: If you’re interested in purchasing signed books, either now or in the future, you can do so through the fabulous Park Road Books! They will ship anywhere. Either call or email them, and if you would like the books personalized, let them know and I’ll stop by the store to do so.

And now… a photo recap of the last month or so: 

HYSTERIA was published!

Speaking at my local B&N. And with Beth Revis, who is the nicest!

 

And then it snowed! And it was beautiful, and my kids got really optimistic… 

…and used 90% of the snow in the yard to make a snowman. Which they strategically placed at the bottom of the slide so they could promptly destroy it. Because obviously that’s the purpose of a snowman.

And then, I was so fortunate to be sent on tour by Bloomsbury, along with Robin Benway, who wrote Also Known As, and Yelena Black, author of Dance of Shadows. We had a fantastic time, and I’m so, so grateful. 

 

Also, you should read Robin Benway’s recap of our time on tour. It captures the truth. And also my dependence on caffeine.

Thank you to the schools and bookstores who hosted us, and thank you to everyone who came out to see us!

 

 

 

 

Wednesday
Jan232013

HYSTERIA Book Trailer & Giveaway

Less than 2 weeks until HYSTERIA is on the shelves in the US! Ahh!

Ahem.

Anyway, a bunch of exciting things happening.

Like author copies!

Also from the UK!

And… the book trailer! (PS - I adore it. Thank you, Walker/Bloomsbury!)

I love so much about this, especially that there are lots of clues hidden inside the trailer… so many hints! I also love how several lines from the book are in here, both written (“Gone, but not forgotten" & “Forgotten, but not gone”) or spoken (“It’s only real if you let it be.”) And the mood! So perfect. Did I mention that I love it? Because I do.

And to celebrate the arrival of finished copies and the reveal of the book trailer, I’ll be giving away 2 of my author copies (signed and personalized)! To enter, all you need to do is share this post OR the trailer (with a link back to this page). Share in more places (on Facebook, twitter, blog, etc), for more chances to win.

This contest will run through February 4th (the day before Hysteria publishes in the US), and is open internationally. (winners in US/Canada will receive US version; international winners will receive the UK version)

(Also, this offer to send bookmarks will also remain open until Feb. 4th)

PS - Hysteria will be published February 5th in the US and February 14th in the UK.

CONTEST NOW CLOSED

Tuesday
Dec182012

First Chapter & Tour Dates

Three quick updates:

1 - You can now read the first chapter of HYSTERIA right here. AND right now Bloomsbury is holding a giveaway. Share this status on Facebook and be entered to win 1 of 3 ARCs!

Hope you enjoy!

2 - The launch for HYSTERIA will be on Tuesday, Feb.5th at 7pm at the Birkdale Barnes & Noble in Huntersville, NC. If you're in the area, I'd love to see you!

3 - And then, at the end of February, I’ll be heading out on tour with two other Bloomsbury authors -- Robin Benway (Also Known As) & Yelena Black (Dance of Shadows)! Here's where we'll be:

  • Feb. 26, 7pm
    Anderson's
    123 West Jefferson Avenue
    Naperville, IL 60540
     
  • Feb. 27, 7pm
    The Book Cellar
    4736-38 North Lincoln Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60625 

 

Hope to see you there!