Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 17!
Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.
Today’s guest: Alice Morley, Assistant Manager (Brand and New Media Marketing) for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Alice is going to tell us what to expect this spring from LBYA plus a most awesome and generous ARC giveaway!
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Alice:
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2009 has been a fab year for LBYR with an extraordinary number of New York Times bestsellers and starred reviews. But that’s just bragging! What’s been most fun and exciting for me has been seeing some of our great debut authors and novels get truly embraced and supported within the blogosphere, getting great word-of-mouth buzz out for titles like Hate List, Ash, Twenty Boy Summer, and, most recently Beautiful Creatures (now a New York Times bestseller!). So thank you to everyone who has featured and reviewed our titles over the past year!
Looking forward to 2010 we have another clutch of stunning debut novels. Kathryn from S&S UK has already talked about 13 Curses; well, US readers will have the chance to discover this exciting new series when we publish 13 Treasures, (the first book in the series) by Michelle Harrison, in June! It’s a middle-grade novel but definitely for the older end of the spectrum as the fairies are certainly no Tinkerbells! Michelle Harrison really draws you in with a great mystery as well as a gutsy heroine.
My favorite YA novel for next Spring is hard to pick, but high on the list is definitely Sisters Red by Jackson Pierce. Jackson has taken the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale and really turned it on its head: our heroines Scarlett and Rosie are awesome hunters who battle with the Fenris (the werewolves in the book) with axes and blades. Is it wrong to admit that I also have a crush on the love interest Silas?! I know he’s fictional!!
LBYR is definitely becoming known for its strong YA titles in the paranormal category (what else would you expect from the home of Twilight!), and together with Sisters Red we also have Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, a dystopian tale of a future world where the earth’s resources are scarce; Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey, a mystery steeped in ancient Maori culture; and the highly anticipated sequel to Prophecy of the Sisters: Guardian of the Gate by Michelle Zink. Now you can see why I’m excited about the Spring (and not just because of the warmer weather!).
Thanks so much to Ana and Thea for inviting me to join in the Smugglivus celebrations – see you all in 2010!!
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Giveaway Details:
Leave a comment on this post saying which of these titles you are looking forward to reading and we will pick 3 winners who will receive Advanced Reading Copies of ALL titles (13 Treasures, Sisters Red, Ship Breaker, Guardian of the Dead and Prophecy of the Sisters: Guardian of the Gate.). The contest is open to Canada and US ONLY (no PO Boxes please) and will run till Saturday 26th Dec 11:59pm (Pacific). Good luck!
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146 Responses to Smugglivus Day 17 – Guest Publisher (and ARC giveaway): Alice Morley of Little, Brown US
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I’m definitely rooting for Guardian of the Dead, but my fairytale-loving interests are piqued by Sisters Red.
Ship Breaker is the book that I’m most looking forward to. I’m intrigued about what happens in a world with a lack of resources. polo-puppy-fluffyAThotmail *dot* com
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I would love to get my hands on Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, because I’m definitely a fan of the dystopic trend! It all started when I read The Road, and now I’m hooked so pls enter me too
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I’ve been waiting on Guardian of the Dead for ages.
Ohmygosh! Winning all of these would be awesome! I’ve been waiting and hoping and drooling over Sisters Red for a while now.
OHHH Sisters Red – I cant wait to read that one, it looks like a crazy good ride…but then there’s soo many this coming year I am looking forward to, January is going to be a FUN month for books – course so are several of the others!
Thanks for the awesome contest!
I loved Ash, and Beautiful Creatures is on my TBR pile, but I am SO excited for Sister’s Red! Is it June yet??
hard choice, but I think I’m more looking forward to Sisters Red. Always interested in new takes on old tales
I am looking forward to Sisters Red. It sounds great!
Oooh, Guardian for the Dead. I am very much looking forward to fantasy with Maori elements. Plus, you know, the awesomeness that is Karen Healey!
I am looking forward to Sisters Red the most out of those. I still have Hate List to read, too!
sisters red sounds good.
Sisters Red sounds really good. Prophecy of the Sisters also is also on the list to read soon.
Sisters Red – I love retellings of fairy tales!
I’m looking forward to reading the sequel to the Prophecy of the Sisters and Sisters Red.
After writing a little short story about how Little Red Riding Hood was a werewolf hunter, I am definitely intrigued by Sisters Red.
Sisters Red and Guardian for the Dead look sooooo good!!
Looking forward to all of these, but since I loved Jackson Pierce’s AS YOU WISH and I’m always keen on fairy tale retellings, I’m very much looking forward to SISTERS RED.
So looking forward to the second Prophecy of the Sisters book! I absolutely love Michelle and her first book.
Sisters Red sounds amazing. That’s all I’m going to say. Well, write.
13 Treasures looks really good!
I’m actually looking forward to many of these! Guardian of the Dead for the setting, the premise, and the use of the Maori culture. Ship Breakers because I’m always up for a good dystopia, and Sisters Red combines many of my favorite things in one book– kickass women, wolves, a twist on traditional stories. What a great list!
That’s a tough question to answer, but I’m probably most looking forward to Jackson Pearce’s SISTERS RED. I mean, first of all, look at that cover! But even aside from that the story sounds like it’s make of awesome. Can’t wait!
They all sound great but Guardian Of The Dead sounds very intriguing.
I am very much looking forward to reading Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey. The first book was amazing!
I’m reading Beautiful Creatures now, by the way. It is hard to put down for sure.
I am really excited to read Sisters Red. It sounds like a great read.
Do I have to choose just one? I know Beautiful Creatures is staring at me from the side table already! But amoung the Arcs, I really want to read Sisters Red, and Ship Breaker sounds lovely!
Wow, it was hard to focus, you have so many great books posted on this blog! I love it!
I choose Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, sounds fantastic!
I’m looking forward to Sisters Red and I’d also love to read Ash. Have I mentioned that I love fairy tale retellings?
If I Had To Choose Just One Title To Look Forward To It Would Be Sisters Red. It Just Speaks To Me ANd Happens To Be One Of My Favorite Colors….
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So many books to choose from, but definately ‘Ash’ and ‘Sisters Red’ are on my list!
I have been following Karen Healey’s blog for quite some time, and am very eager to read her novel Guardian of the Dead.
I am insanely excited for Sisters Red! I love love love fairytale retellings. I can’t wait to see another take on the story. Plus, changing the damsel in distress into a buttkicking hero? YES PLEASE!
I am so excited about Shipbreaker! I just can’t get enough of all these great dystopian premises coming out lately.
I am so excited for Sisters Red. I just devoured Jackson Pearce’s debut, As You Wish and just can’t wait to read more from her!
Guardian of the Dead.
I would love to read Guardian of the Dead
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Looking forward to Guardian of the Dead!!
Sisters Red sounds great! I’m also intrigued by Guardian of the Dead.
Oddly enough, I was browsing Karen Healey’s livejournal unbecknowst to me that she was the author of “Guardian of the Dead” until… well, until I thought about it for a second and realized, “I REALLY WANT TO READ THAT BOOK!”
Other than wanting to read “Guardian of the Dead,” I find “Ash” quite intriguing as well… always did like a modern Cinderella in faery land.
ADDENDUM:
forgot to include that “Twenty Boy Summer” sounds like a worthwhile, heart-wrenching bt poignant read.
Personally, I am dying to read Guardian of the Dead. Everything about this novel just sounds 100% amazing!
I’m looking forward to “Guardian of the Dead”. Thanks!
Ooh, Sisters Red sounds really good…and so does 13 Treasures! Thanks for the contest!
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