New BOOK DEAL! + celebration giveaway

I've been sitting on this news for months and it was so hard to keep silent. But today I can finally tell you about my new book deal! New book, new genre!

Here's the Publishers Marketplace announcement:

		June 12, 2012
		Children's: Young Adult		Susanne Winnacker's IMPOSTOR, the story of a girl who uses her shape-shifting ability to assume the identity of a teenage murder victim and solve the mystery of a small-town serial killer, pitched as X-Men meets The Zodiac Killer, to Caroline Donofrio at Razorbill, in a two-book deal, by Jill Grinberg at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (World English).

I can't tell you how happy I am!!!! I love this book so so much. Razorbill/Penguin will publish it in 2013, probably in Spring/Summer. Want to know more about the book? Take a look at my inspiration board on Pinterest!

It's a YA thriller. I hope I can tell you much more about it soon!
And it's already up on goodreads! (if you want to add it or anything...hehe)

To celebrate my news I'm having a giveaway and there'll be two winners.

One winner can choose one of the following Razorbill books:

My book will be in amazing company, won't it??? :D

And the second winner will get a signed hardcover of The Other Life!

All you have to do to enter is comment with your email address.

But there are ways to gain extra entries:
Tweet about this giveaway + 1 entry
Facebook about it + 1 entry
Blog about it + 2 entries

The giveaway is international and is open until next Thursday (June 21st).I'll announce the winners on Friday, June 22nd.

I'm soooooo excited!

Bargain!

Starting at 6pm (PDT) today, the hardcover of THE OTHER LIFE will go on a deal price in the Summer Reading Store on Amazon! So if you want a copy, that's your chance!

Oh, and btw today's the third day of my vegetarian diet and so far I'm not missing meat or eggs at all! :)

And one more thing: next week I'll be sharing big news with you here on this blog!

Winner!

This'll be a short post. My computer has a virus... :(

The winners are:

Alicia Marie

and

Lynne and Richi

I'll email you soon!

Thanks to everyone who entered my giveaway! :)

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!