YAmazing Race

Welcome to my blog and the next stop on the second YAmazing Race! I hope you are excited about the MGnificent prizes, the crazy whirlwind blog hop featuring over 50 debut authors and prize packs featuring ARCs, swag, and more! This is my second round and I hope it'll be as successful as the last. The YAmazing Race will go from Wednesday, May 2 at noon Eastern to Tuesday, May 8 at noon Eastern.

If you want to know more, then head on over to the Apocalypsies website to read the complete rules. Now on to the race!

THE WEEPERS: The Other Life

US cover (look to the right for the German and UK cover)

3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since I’d seen daylight. One-fifth of my life. 98,409,602 seconds since the heavy, steel door had fallen shut and sealed us off from the world

Sherry has lived with her family in a sealed bunker since things went wrong up above. But when they run out of food, Sherry and her dad must venture outside. There they find a world of devastation, desolation...and the Weepers: savage, mutant killers.

When Sherry's dad is snatched, she joins forces with gorgeous but troubled Joshua - an Avenger, determined to destroy the Weepers.

But can Sherry keep her family and Joshua safe, when his desire for vengeance threatens them all.

The Other Life releases May 15th in the US and it's already out in the UK!

And here's the UK trailer for my book:

In addition to the YAmazing Race, I'm having a bonus contest for you! I'm giving away two signed hardcover copies of The Weepers: The Other Life to two lucky winners!
All you have to do to win is leave a comment. My contest is international and open until May 8th at noon Eastern.
But you can earn extra entries if you like:

Follow me on twitter + 1 entry
Follow my blog + 1 entry
Follow me on pinterest + 1 entry
Friend me on facebook + 1 entry
Let me know in your comments if you have any extra entries.

When you're ready to continue with the race, click this link!

German cover!

I returned from a two week England vacation yesterday and I'll post a few lovely photos from it tomorrow or Friday. If you don't want to wait that long, you can check out my post on the League blog where I posted about my trip to the Harry Potter studios.
BUT for now:
The German cover of The Other Life!

I think my German pub Heyne/Random House captured the mood of the book very well. So deliciously creepy! It comes out in January/February 2013 in Germany.
What do you think?

SLIDE day!

Sorry for the long silence. Things have been super busy over here.

BUT today my friend Jill Hathaway's SLIDE comes out!!!

It's a kickass mystery with an amazing heroine and swoon-worthy boys. (Team Rollins!)
You should go buy your copy now!
Btw, Jill's giving away three signed copies of SLIDE today. Read more about it on her blog!

Launch photos!

I had a wonderful launch on Wednesday in London. I still can't believe that THE OTHER LIFE is really out in the world.

I thought you might be interested in seeing a few photos of my special day.

This is my book next to The Maze Runner, The Hunger Games, Legend, Blood Red Road and many more. Eeee! The pic was taken in Foyles Charing Cross where I signed stock!

This is the library room in the Soho Hotel where my launch lunch (what a word! hehe) took place.

There were copies of The Other Life everywhere!

The room's filling with guests! I'm the awkward girl in the red and white dress!

It was so much fun talking to everyone! Oh, and that posh guy in the back? He was our personal butler!

There were etageres with food! The sandwiches are still missing from this pic. But you can see the scones with clotted cream and jam, apple pies, chocolate cake, trifle! Yum!

And look at these!!! Usborne made butterfly cupcakes for me!

Too pretty to eat them!

Everyone was wearing name tags like this!

I signed books!

So many awesome book bloggers with me in the front.

My awesome publisher Usborne organized everything. They are fabulous!

It's out!

Today THE OTHER LIFE hits the shelves in the UK!

I still can't believe it.
I'm excited and nervous, and I hope everyone will love the book as much as I do.
I wrote this post yesterday because I'll spend the day in London having lunch with bloggers and other awesome publishing peeps, signing stock and doing an interview! All thanks to my amazing publisher Usborne!
I'll post pics from my launch as soon as I can!
In celebration of this special day, I'm giving away a final copy of The Other Life on the League blog. Check it out!

And don't forget to read Joshua's diary entries on the following blogs:
Day 1 (January 30th): Dark Readers
Day 2 (January 31st): YA Book Reads
Day 3 (February 1st): Empire of Books
Day 4 (February 2nd): Book Passion for Life
Day 5 (February 3rd): Books 4 Teens

It's out in the world!!!!

The Other Life blog tour!

Today The Other Life's blog tour with Joshua's diary entries starts!

If you want to read the first entry and find out what goes on in Joshua's head, move on to the Dark Readers blog!
It would be lovely if you could leave a comment there to let me know what you think. I'm so excited and nervous to share this with you!

Thanks!

The Other Life NEWS

Do you know what happens in exactly one week from today?
THE OTHER LIFE hits shelves in the UK!

In celebration of this big (and scary) event, there'll be a special UK blog tour next week, starting Monday January 30th and ending Friday February 3rd.
Why is it special, you ask?
Because every day one of the participating blogs will post a diary entry from Joshua's POV. This is so special because The Other Life is told from Sherry's POV and we only get to see Joshua through Sherry's eyes. But if you want to know what's going on in hunter Joshua's head, you'll have to check out the following blogs next week:
Monday 30th January: Dark Readers
Tuesday 31st January: YA Book Reads
Wednesday 1st February: Empire of Books
Thursday 2nd February: Book Passion For Life
Friday 3rd February: Books 4 Teens

I'm so excited! It was soooo much fun writing from Joshua's POV. I hope you'll enjoy what he has to say!