This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the NoVa Teen Book Festival put on by One More Page books (a great Inide bookstore in Arlington, VA). The lineup of authors was amazing, and included Marie Lu: (Author of the Legend Trilogy), Diana Peterfeund (Author of For Darkness Shows the Stars, the Killer Unicorn series, Secret Society Girls), Jon Skovron (Author of Manmade Boy, Misfit), Jenna Black (Author of Glimmerglass (Faeriewalker Series), Replica (the Replica series), The Nikki Glass series) - just to name a few of my favorites. Unlike most book festivals I attend, I was there as a fan, which gave me the chance to simply enjoy myself and get in a couple fangirl moments of my own!
Over dinner had the pleasure of talking to Jenna Black - an amazing, imaginitive writer and super sweet woman. If you're in the Cincinnati area, you should totally check one of her signings! She'll be there this coming week as part of her blog tour.
This was the inaugural year for the festival, but owing to its incredible success, I'm betting next year is definitey a go! The festival is free, and features breakout sessions and panel discussions by some of the best YA authors out there. I regret that I wasn't able to give y'all a heads up BEFORE the festival, but here is your heads up for 2015 - mark your calenders now :-) And who knows, maybe I'll be there as an author instead of a fan .....
BUT the real reason for this post is to let you guys know that a giveaway is on the horizon so I can spread the wealth and get autographed copies of these bestselling authors into your hands :-) Stayed tuned for details!
Also, don't forget to checkout this week's Teaser Tuesday and Throwback Thursday! In honor of the Fragile Facade release later this month (and the first omnibus edition), all the Teasers this month will be from Fragile Facade. BUT for all of you Talented and Pawn fans out there, I will happily take requests for April Teasers. You can choose from Exiled, Inescapable, or Sacrifice. All you need to do is vote for your pick in the comments :-) Just remember that all Teasers are unedited passages from my working drafts and for one reason or another may not make it into the final version.
Happy Reading!!
Sophie