Pub date + giveaway!

The day has finally come! THE OTHER LIFE hits shelves in the US today!

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 Telegraph recommended THE OTHER LIFE for teens who loved The Hunger Games! Here's part of what they said:  
And Susanne Winnacker’s The Other Life, set in LA at a future time in which the Weepers, mutated by a strain of rabies, have begun to hunt humans, is especially memorable. The best parts, though, are the domestic early sections, reminiscent of Emma Donoghue’s adult novel Room, which show up the tensions of a family stuck in a bunker for 1,141 days and on the brink of starvation. 

THE OTHER LIFE was also an Editor's Pick of the Month on Amazon UK in February!
I'm so excited!
To celebrate I'm giving away two signed hardcovers to two lucky winners.
Just leave a comment with your email address and you're entered into the contest. It's international and ends this Friday, the 18th at 3pm EST. I'll announce the winners the same day.
If you want to earn extra entries:
Tweet about the giveaway or The Other Life's book birthday. + 1 extra entry
Post about it on facebook + 1 extra entry
Pin the cover on pinterest + 1 extra entry
Blog about it + 2 extra entries

Good luck!

The Other Life - Launch Week

This week is the launch week for The Other Life on the League of Extraordinary Writers blog to celebrate the US publication of my book which is tomorrow! I'm so excited! Of course there's also a giveaway, so if you want to win a signed hardcover head over to the League blog and comment!
(and don't forget to come back to my blog tomorrow for another giveaway!!!)

Giveaway winners!

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for participating! YAmazing Race was so much fun but it wouldn't have been without you!

But now on to the important part of this post. The winners of a signed hardcover of The Weepers: The Other Life.
They are:
Buried in Books
and
JennaD
I'll email you soon!

Don't be sad if you didn't win. I'll have another giveaway very soon!

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!