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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These all sound amazing.
Sisters Red sounds awesome!
I’m looking forward to reading Guardian of the Dead! Karen Healey’s blog is great, and I love her posts about the thought she put into using, but not appropriating, Maori culture in the world building for Guardian.
I’ve been reading Karen Healey’s livejournal for a couple months now, and since her everyday ordinary writing is so excellent, I really look forward to Guardian of the Dead.
Guardian of the Dead, most def.
I’m looking forward to Guardian of the Dead, but that might be from Karen’s LJ, yes.
The other books sound interesting too, so getting all of them would be pretty sweet.
-Mecha
Well, all of them sound amazing, but I am most enthralled with the cover and premise of Sisters Red.
Thank you and Happy Smugglivus to you and yours!
Fairy tales have held sway over my imagination and ethics formulation since I was a wee thing–the main idea that helped me grow into a strong young woman is how in the old fairy tales, you can’t get your happy ending until you help yourself. I never understood where Disney got that prince rescuing the helpless princess stuff!
I’d love to read “Sisters Red,” it sounds right up my alley. After I read a decently re-written fairy tale, I pass the book on to a group of girls who like reading the same things–we tend to addict each other to the same series so there’s company when we’re giddy about a book or author
Wonderful lineup! Thanks for the insider scoop. I am really looking forward to reading “Sisters Red” – I love fairy tale retellings and with the added bonus that the sisters are fighters, well, it just sounds like a whole bunch of fun!
Thanks!
I’m incredibly excited about Sisters Red!
I have to say that Sisters Red sounds pretty awesome. I love all the rethinking and retelling of fairy tales that are going on recently. So cool!
Sisters Red.
I’m dying to get my hands on Ash-any retelling of the Cinderella story is always a treat. Interesting that Little, Brown Books has become a major player in the YA field; they did take a chance on Twilight. It is an interesting story on SM’s web site on exactly how Twilight was signed.
I wonder who designs the covers for them or where the ideas come from? If you look at the books, all the covers are really amazing.
Sisters Red sounds really good. The cover is really cool!
I am really looking forward to reading Guardian of the Dead when it comes out.
I would like to read Sisters Red
13 Treasures sounds interesting, plus the cover is gorgeous!
Probably Guardian of the Dead, because I LOVE Healey’s “Girls Read Comics” blog, it’s absolutely hilarious and cutting, often in the same sentence.
Thanks for the wonderful preview! SISTERS RED looks awesome.
Ship Breaker! It’s all about the dystopia!
I’m looking forward to 13 Treasures, Sisters Red and Guardian Of The Gate!
I’m looking forward to Sisters Red and 12 Treasures.
Thanks for giveaway!
Prophecy of the Sisters, Guardian of the Gate– both of these sound like good reads.
They all sound good, but I am really looking forward to 13 treasures.
WOW! I LOVE adding to my “must seek out list”….of the three new titles shown, two catch my eye. If I have to narrow it down it one, I’d say, Sisters Red. Beyond the whole other take on the classic fairytale, the cover is great and fits so well!
This is a such great selection. I really want to read Guardian of the Dead and Sisters Red. GOTD just looks and sounds so creppy, and I love all things creepy. Sister Red – well, I really love fairy tales. Retellings are always a lot of fun.
Sisters Red sounds amazing, I am totally putting that on my tbr list. And the cover for 13 Treasures is beautiful!
Ahhh, I’m mostly looking forward to 13 Treasures and Sisters Red.
Thanks for this lovely giveaway. Sisters Red looks amazing and 13 treasures.
I’m looking forward to Sisters Red. I just started Jackson’s first book and really like it so far.
I’m probably most eager to read Sisters Red–I got really interested in versions of Red Riding Hood recently and had to read a whole bunch of theory for something I was writing.
And if I let myself think about the others too much, I won’t be able to decide. So it’s Sisters Red.
Guardians of the Dead, for Karen Healy is both lovely & fantastic!
I really want to read Sisters Red. I am very excited for that one because I like fairy tales I know that authors give there own twist.
Definitely looking forward to 13 Treasures!
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Thank you for sharing here today Alice. I loved discovering a new (to me) author. 13 Treasures and 13 Curses sounds like a great series.
I am most looking forward to the sequels to the series I am following so I’ll just mention the authors of those desired books:
Diana Rowland.
Richelle Mead.
Jim Butcher.
Anya Bast.
Rachel Vincent.
Ilona Andrews.
Kelley Armstrong.
Sherrilyn Kenyon.
MaryJanice Davidson.
LK Hamilton.
C.J. Cherryh.
C.S. Friedman.
Julie Czerneda.
Michelle Rowen.
Jennifer Armintrout.
Tessa Dare.
Lauren Dane.
Ann Aguire.
Diane Duane.
Kathy Love.
Katie MacAlister.
Charlaine Harris.
Patrick Rothfuss.
Nicole Peeler.
Mark Henry.
Caitlin Kittredge.
Linda Wisdom.
Erica Hayes.
Cat Adams.
Jackie Kessler.
Chloe Neill
Happy Holidays,
RKCharron
I’d love to read Sisters Red. I’m also looking forward to reading Ash by Malinda Lo. I might just have to make it my Christmas gift to myself lol
I can’t wait for Guardian of the Dead!
I’m really looking forward to Guardian of the Dead but Sister Red looks intriguing–I can never resist a good fairy tale retelling
Ooo, Sisters Red sounds awesome. I love retellings of classic faerie tales, especially when they become a lot darker.
x
Oh, damn, I missed the “only for US & Canada” bit.
I’m looking forward to Sisters Red. It sounds so good!
Ooh, Ash and Beautiful Creatures look awesome! And 20 Boy Summer sounds great too.
I totally deeply and with much passion wish to read Guardians of the Dead by Karen Healy, because Karen is awesome and her books sounds like quite the adventure. And also because I believe that New Zealand is beautiful.
13 Treasures sounds really cool, as does Sisters Red.
I adore Karen Healey and cannot wait for Guardian of the Dead!
I’m really excited about Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey.
I’m looking forward to Guardians of the Dead, mostly because Karen Healey seems like a fun person to dance around New Zealand with.
They all sound good, but I’m really looking forward to Sisters Red. How beautiful is that cover!
Guardian of the Dead sounds really great, but then so does Sisters Red. There is some good titles coming out next year…lots to look forward to.
Great contest…keeping my fingers crossed.
Ship Breakers and Sisters Red both sound awesome! I don’t know which sounds better.