Signed Books Make Great Gifts!

Signed books make great gifts!!! If you'd like a signed and personalized copy of THE SPELLSHOP, THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE, or THE LOST, either for yourself or as a gift, order from Books of Wonder by Nov 30, and I’ll be delighted to sign one for you! They ship pretty much everywhere! https://booksofwonder.com/products/9781250333988?variant=42655839879210

Signed Copies

As the holiday season approaches, if you'd like a signed and personalized copy of THE SPELLSHOP or THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE, either for yourself or as a gift, order from Books of Wonder by Nov 30, and I'll be delighted to sign one for you! They ship pretty much everywhere! https://booksofwonder.com/products/9781250333988?variant=42655839879210

Signed Books

As the holiday season approaches, if you'd like a signed and personalized copy of THE SPELLSHOP for either yourself or as a gift, order from Books of Wonder before Dec 1, and I'll be delighted to sign one for you! 

https://booksofwonder.com/products/9781250333971?variant=41054635425834

Independent Bookstore Day 2024 at Books of Wonder

Independent Bookstore Day is tomorrow, Sat Apr 27!! I'll be at the fabulous Books of Wonder in NYC, along with 35+ other authors and artists. My time slot is noon to 1pm. If you're in the area, come say hi! 

https://booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming/indie-bookstore-day-2024-celebrate-with-35-authors-artists

Books of Wonder Launch Event

Had a fantastic time at Books of Wonder last night at the launch event for THE LAKE HOUSE and the paperback of E. Lockhart's FAMILY OF LIARS!!! Huge thanks to E. Lockhart and Books of Wonder for making the evening so delightful!

Books and Cookies

I baked a thing! Join E. Lockhart and me at Books of Wonder at 6pm for tonight's book launch event and enjoy some chocolate chip cookies with our witty book banter! Come for the books, stay for the cookies! Or vice versa!

Book Launch Event for THE LAKE HOUSE

Come join me and #1 NYT bestselling author E. Lockhart at Books of Wonder this Thursday at 6pm for the launch of my new YA thriller, THE LAKE HOUSE, and the paperback launch of FAMILY OF LIARS!!! I'm so excited I could burst!

Signed and Personalized Copies of THE LAKE HOUSE

Would you like a signed and personalized copy of my new YA thriller, THE LAKE HOUSE? If you preorder from Books of Wonder by 4/25/23, I'll be absolutely delighted to sign and personalize a copy for you, and they'll ship it to your door!

https://booksofwonder.com/products/9780063214071

Signed Copies of THE SHELTERLINGS

Signed copies of THE SHELTERLINGS are now available through Books of Wonder!!! Love that bookstore so much! Everyone who works there is so extraordinarily nice. I had such a wonderful time visiting with them and signing books! 

https://booksofwonder.com/products/9780358350392

Books of Wonder Virtual Panel on 6/26

Very excited to be part of this Books of Wonder virtual panel on Sunday (6/26) at 3pm ET with Kirsty Applebaum, Jasbinder Bilan, Rebecca Caprara, and Louie Stowell! Hope you can join us!

https://booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming/fantastic-june-middle-grade-reads

Books of Wonder - Sat July 10

I'm so excited for this Saturday! This Sat (July 10) at 3pm ET, I'll be doing a virtual book event with Bruce Coville, Rena Barron, Cindy Baldwin, and Allen Zadoff, hosted by the fantastic Books of Wonder! Hope to see you there!

https://booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming/fantastic-middle-grade-reads-5

Books of Wonder on Sat 5/11

Very excited for this Saturday!!! I'll be at the fabulous Books of Wonder in NYC at 1pm on 5/11 with Sayantani Dasgupta, Laura Ruby, Fran Wilde, and Pat Cummings, talking about our new MG books. Hope you can join us!

http://booksofwonder.com/saturdaymay11thatour18thstore1-3pmfantasticmiddlegradereads.aspx

Busy Weekend: BookCon and Books of Wonder!

Very excited for this weekend!!!  I will be at both BookCon and Books of Wonder in NYC.

On Sunday 6/4 at 1pm, I'll be at one of my all-time favorite bookstores, Books of Wonder, talking about and signing my new MG fantasy novel, JOURNEY ACROSS THE HIDDEN ISLANDS, as part of the "Fantastic Middle Grade Reads" panel with Lisa Fiedler, Sarah Beth Durst (me!), Carol Goodman, and Sarah Jean Horwitz.

And on Saturday 6/3 and Sunday 6/4, I'll be at BookCon, talking about and signing the first two books in my epic fantasy series for adults, THE QUEEN OF BLOOD and THE RELUCTANT QUEEN.  My BookCon schedule:

- Sat June 3, 11:30am-12:00pm: Signing of The Reluctant Queen in HarperCollins booth
- Sat June 3, 1:30-2:30pm Panel: "Megan Whalen Turner Super-Fan Panel" with Tomi Adeyemi, Holly Black, Joelle Charbonneau, Sarah Beth Durst, and Megan Whalen Turner, moderated by Martha Mihalick
- Sat June 3, 3:30-5:00pm Signing in VIP Lounge
- Sun June 4, 3:00-5:00pm Panel: "Cult Classic Throwdown: Science Fiction and Fantasy in Film, Lit, and Pop Culture" with Sasha Alsberg, Jordanna Max Brodsky, S.A. Chakraborty, Zoraida Cordova, Lindsay Cummings, Sarah Beth Durst, Michael Johnston, Swapna Krishna, and Jenn Northington, moderated by Petra Mayer

Hope to see you this weekend!

Event Announcement: Books of Wonder, this Saturday!

Now that pub day is over and Conjured is out in the world, it's time for me to continue the book launch celebration with my first Conjured book event.  This Saturday afternoon, I'll be at Books of Wonder in NYC for a YA panel and signing along with five other amazing authors: Kristi Cook, Kit Grindstaff, Jonathan Maberry, Phoebe North, and Nancy Ohlin!!!  We'll all introduce our new YA novels, answer questions from the audience, and then sign our books.  Here are the details:

Saturday, September 7th from 1-3pm
Books of Wonder
Reading/Signing with Kristi Cook, Sarah Beth Durst (me!), Kit Grindstaff, Jonathan Maberry, Phoebe North, and Nancy Ohlin
18 West 18th Street, New York, NY
 
Books of Wonder is one of my favorite bookstores in the whole world and they always do wonderful events.  I can't wait!  Hope to see you there!

BEA 2013

Just got back from BookExpo America (BEA), an annual publishing industry convention. Five days filled with tons of wonderful people who love books!  It was fantastic!

My BEA started on Tuesday when I arrived at a pre-BEA party at Books of Wonder (one of my favorite bookstores in the world), and it ended on Saturday after I was on a BEA panel about SF/fantasy with Laura Anne Gilman, Leanna Renee Hieber, and Jeri Smith-Ready that was more fun than riding a sparkly unicorn across a meadow of cheering leprechauns.  And you know those leprechauns can cheer.

You can watch the entire panel here.  I start talking at just shy of 4 minutes in.



Other highlights included the Children's Art Auction on Wednesday, my signing on Friday (So much fun! Thank you, everyone!), and the elegant and awesome Harlequin party on a rooftop bar with a gorgeous view of the Chrysler Building.  Wish I'd taken photos.  Just picture Manhattan at its prettiest.

All in all, it was a great week, and I'm already looking forward to next year!

NYC Teen Author Festival 2013

The NYC Teen Author Festival is this week!!!  It includes 90+ YA authors, a variety of panels and readings, and a massive book signing at the end.  I'm very, very excited!

Here's where you'll find me during the festival:

Friday March 22: New York Public Library (the one with the lions)
NYC Teen Author Festival Symposium
42nd Street NYPL, Berger Forum, 2nd floor

4:10-4:40: That's So Nineteenth Century: A Conversation About Playing with 19th Century Archetypes in the 21st Century

Sharon Cameron
Leanna Renee Hieber
Stephanie Strohm
Suzanne Weyn
Moderator: Sarah Beth Durst

4:40-5:30: Alternate World vs. Imaginary World: Of these authors, some have written stories involving alternate or parallel versions of our world, some have made up imaginary worlds for their characters, and still others have written books that do each. We'll discuss the decision to either connect the world of a book to our world, or to take it out of the historical context of our world. How do each strategies help in telling story and developing character? Is one easier than the other? Is the stepping off point always reality, or can it sometimes be another fictional world?

Sarah Beth Durst
Jeff Hirsch
Emmy Laybourne
Lauren Miller
E. C. Myers
Diana Peterfreund
Mary Thompson
Moderator: Chris Shoemaker

Sunday March 24: Books of Wonder
Our No-Foolin' Mega-Signing
18 West 18th Street, New York

1-1:45:
Jessica Brody (Unremembered, Macmillan)
Marisa Calin (Between You and Me, Bloomsbury)
Jen Calonita (The Grass is Always Greener, LB)
Sharon Cameron (The Dark Unwinding, Scholastic)
Caela Carter (Me, Him, Them, and It, Bloomsbury)
Crissa Chappell (Narc, Flux)
Susane Colasanti (Keep Holding On, Penguin)
Zoraida Cordova (The Vicious Deep, Sourcebooks)
Gina Damico (Scorch, HMH)
Jocelyn Davies (A Fractured Light, HC)
Sarah Beth Durst (Vessel, S&S) ---------------- me!!!
Gayle Forman (Just One Day, Penguin)
Elizabeth Scott (Miracle, S&S)

1:45-2:30
T. M. Goeglein (Cold Fury, Penguin)
Hilary Weisman Graham (Reunited, S&S)
Alissa Grosso (Ferocity Summer, Flux)
Aaron Hartzler (Rapture Practice, LB)
Deborah Heiligman (Intentions, RH)
Leanna Renee Hieber (The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart, Sourcebooks)
Jeff Hirsch (Magisterium, Scholastic)
J. J. Howard (That Time I Joined the Circus, Scholastic)
Alaya Johnson (The Summer Prince, Scholastic)
Beth Kephart (Small Damages, Penguin)
Kody Keplinger (A Midsummer's Nightmare, LB)

2:30-3:15
A.S. King (Ask the Passengers, LB)
Emmy Laybourne (Monument 14, Macmillan)
David Levithan (Every Day, RH)
Barry Lyga (Yesterday Again, Scholastic)
Brian Meehl (Suck it Up and Die, RH)
Alexandra Monir (Timekeeper, RH)
Michael Northrop (Rotten, Scholastic)
Diana Peterfreund (For Darkness Shows the Stars, HC)
Lindsay Ribar (The Art of Wishing, Penguin)
Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, St. Martin's)
Kimberly Sabatini (Touching the Surface, S&S)
Tiffany Schmidt (Send Me a Sign, Bloomsbury)

3:15-4:00
Victoria Schwab (The Archived, Hyperion)
Jeri Smith-Ready (Shine, S&S)
Amy Spalding (The Reece Malcolm List, Entangled)
Stephanie Strohm (Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink, HMH)
Nova Ren Suma (17 & Gone, Penguin)
Greg Takoudes (When We Wuz Famous, Macmillan)
Mary Thompson (Wuftoom, HMH)
Jess Verdi (My Life After Now, Sourcebooks)
K.M. Walton (Empty, S&S)
Suzanne Weyn (Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters, Scholastic)
Kathryn Williams (Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous, Macmillan)


For the full schedule of events, visit the NYC Teen Author Festival Facebook page.

Hope to see you there!

Books of Wonder on Saturday

I love bookstores.

I know, I know, it's a shocking confession.  But it's true.  I love them like Lucy loves her wardrobe, like Ariel loves her grotto, and like Charlie loves his chocolate factory.  And one of my favorite bookstores is Books of Wonder in New York City.

Walking into Books of Wonder feels a bit like entering Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, minus the scary boat trip with Gene Wilder.  The shelves are stuffed with books that I want to read, the walls are decorated with gorgeous picture book art, and the people who work there are consistently awesome.  Every time I do a book event there, I have a magnificent time... which is why I am so very excited for this Saturday.

This Saturday (9/22/12) from noon to 2pm, I will be reading/signing at Books of Wonder as part of their Out of This World Teen Fiction panel.  Full lineup is:

SARAH BETH DURST - Vessel
KARSTEN KNIGHT - Embers & Echoes
MALINDA LO - Adaptation
JESSICA SHIRVINGTON - Entice

If you're in NYC, I hope you'll stop by and say hello!

2012 NYC Teen Author Festival

If you're in or near NYC...

This week is the NYC Teen Author Festival!

It runs from March 26th to April 1st, includes tons of panels and readings, and culminates in a massive multi-author book signing at Books of Wonder. You can see the full schedule here.

I'll be participating in two of the events:

Wednesday, March 28th
42nd St NYPL*, Bergen Forum, 6-8pm
Things Fall Apart: World Building and World Destroying in YA

Chris Shoemaker (moderator)
Anna Carey
Sarah Beth Durst
Anne Heltzel
Jeff Hirsch
Andy Marino
Lauren McLaughlin
Lissa Price
Jon Skovron

* Yes, the one with the lions! I love those lions.

Sunday, April 1st
Books of Wonder, 18 West 18th Street, 1-4pm
Our No-Foolin' Mega-Signing at Books of Wonder

Sixty-five authors will be signing in shifts throughout the afternoon. My shift is from 1-1:45pm and includes the following fabulous authors:

Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Every Other Day, Egmont)
Matt Blackstone (A Scary Scene in a Scary Movie, FSG)
Caroline Bock (LIE, St. Martin’s)
Jen Calonita (Belles, Little Brown)
Anna Carey (Eve, Harper)
Susane Colasanti (So Much Closer, Penguin)
Andrea Cremer (Bloodrose, Penguin)
Gina Damico (Croak, HMH)
Emily Danforth (The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Harper)
Jocelyn Davies (A Beautiful Dark, Harper)
Sarah Beth Durst (Drink, Slay, Love, S&S)
Elizabeth Eulberg (Take a Bow, Scholastic)
Gayle Forman (Where She Went, Penguin)
Natasha Friend (For Keeps, Penguin)
Kim Harrington (Perception, Scholastic)
Barry Lyga (I Hunt Killers, Little Brown)
Daisy Whitney (The Rivals, Little Brown)

All of this is organized by the incredible David Levithan.

I'm really, really excited for these events. If you're in the area, I hope you'll come!

My Novel in Pictures

Imagine that this is a sixteen-year-old vampire girl. Absolutely gorgeous. Absolutely evil.


One night, she's feeling peckish. So she goes to the local ice cream store. Snacks on the ice cream boy.


She finishes and then notices that across the parking lot, between the dumpsters, there's a unicorn...


She mocks the unicorn for its sparkling shininess. When she's bored with that, she turns to go home. And the unicorn stabs her through the heart.


That's where Drink, Slay, Love begins.

This reenactment is courtesy of the Avenging Unicorn play set, a gift from my fantastically awesome agent, Andrea Somberg. It comes with four different horns and three figures to impale, including a mime.


It's entirely possible that this is the best thing anyone has ever given me. I'm thinking of bringing it to my upcoming events.

Speaking of which... here is my schedule for the next two weeks:

On Thursday, Oct 20th, I'll be participating in the Earthsea Group Read at the Center for Fiction in NYC. A slew of writers, actors, and others will be taking turns reading A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin as part of the Big Read honoring Le Guin. It will be streamed live online.

On Saturday, Oct 22nd, at noon, I will be reading and signing at Books of Wonder, a fabulous children's bookstore in NYC, with six other fabulous authors: Alison Goodman, Jeff Hirsch, Jon Skovron, Scott Westerfeld, Maryrose Wood, and Gabrielle Zevin.

On the following Friday through Sunday, Oct 28th through Oct 30th, I will be at the World Fantasy Convention in San Diego, CA. Schedule TBA.

The unicorn and I hope to see you soon!

NYC Teen Author Festival Signing at Books of Wonder

If you're in New York City tomorrow afternoon (3/20/11), you might want to think about stopping by Books of Wonder. There is a MASSIVE book signing event at that lovely bookstore as part of the NYC Teen Author Festival. I'll be there from 3:15 to 4:00 pm. Below is the full list of authors with their latest books. We are appearing in reverse alphabetical order because we're just that cool.....

NYC Teen Author Festival Book Signing:

1:00 - 1:45pm

Lizabeth Zindel - A Girl, A Ghost, and the Hollywood Hills
Maryrose Wood - The Hidden Gallery
Suzanne Weyn - Empty
Danette Vigilante - The Trouble with Half a Moon
Maggie Stiefvater - Linger
Natalie Standiford - Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters
Mark Shulman - Scrawl
Alyssa Sheinmel - The Beautiful Between
Kieran Scott - She's So Dead to Us
Leila Sales - Mostly Good Girls
Patrick Ryan - Gemini Bites

1:45 - 2:30pm

Marie Rutkoski - The Celestial Globe
Lena Roy - Edges
Michael Northrop - Trapped
Sarah Mlynowski - Gimme a Call
Neesha Meminger - Jazz in Love
Terra Elan McVoy - After the Kiss
Lisa McMann - Cryer's Cross
Kimberly Marcus - Exposed
Melina Marchetta - The Piper’s Son
Torrey Maldonado - Secret Saturdays
Barry Lyga - Archvillain

2:30 - 3:15pm

E. Lockhart - Real Live Boyfriends
Sarah Darer Littman - Life After
David Levithan - Dash and Lily's Book of Dares
Melissa Kantor - The Darlings Are Forever
Carla Jablonski - Resistance
Gwendolyn Heasley - Where I Belong
Kim Harrington - Clarity
Christopher Grant - Teenie
Margie Gelbwasser - Inconvenient
Elizabeth Eulberg - Prom & Prejudice
Helen Ellis - The Turning

3:15 - 4:00pm

Daniel Ehrenhaft - Friend is Not a Verb
Sarah Beth Durst - Enchanted Ivy
Matt De La Pena - I Will Save You
Brent Crawford - Carter Finally Gets It
Eireann Corrigan - Accomplice
Susane Colasanti - Something Like Fate
Alexandra Bullen - Wishful Thinking
Marina Budhos - Tell Us We're Home
Kate Brian - Book of Spells
Philana Marie Boles - Glitz
Judy Blundell - Strings Attached
Cathleen Bell - Little Blog on the Prairie