Orbit Books has a couple of links to two contests giving away the entire Mercy Thompson series. It’s only open to European residents, but it’s still good to know.
Jeri Smith-Ready was interviewed by Fast Forward TV.
The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews has one up for Karen Chance’s new Midnights Daughter. I’ve already had my hands on this novel and I loved it.
Laurell K Hamilton is involved in another anthology with a few authors I’m not familiar with. The anthology, The Living Dead, is all about zombies and includes the following authors: Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Joe R. Lansdale. And for some more enticement, here’s the book description:
When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!” From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west. Gathering together the best zombie literature of the last three decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, including Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Joe R. Lansdale, The Living Dead covers the broad spectrum of zombie fiction.
The Living Dead will hit shelves September 29th.
We have a few more interviews from Twilight going on. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are talking with Borders, but I’ve been told not to expect anything exciting out of it and there’s an interview with Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper, with MTV.
And some exciting news, Bitten by Books just won the Infinite World of Fantasy Authors Favored Book Review Website Award for their contribution to the promotion of IWOFA member’s work. I know it always makes my day when I realize people enjoy reading my reviews and to win this award, I’m sure Rachel and all the others over at Bitten by Books are just floating right now. Make sure you check BBB’s site for some of their IWOFA reviews as well as the IWOFA site for some new upcoming authors.
