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Bestselling author of The Books of Elsewhere and Dreamers Often Lie

THE COLLECTORS gets ready to hatch, a giveaway, and my next YA…

August 1, 2018    Tags: , , , , ,   

Just over two months until THE COLLECTORS arrives.

The final weeks of book gestation are some of the weirdest and longest. It’s less like having a baby than laying an egg (I imagine): You’ve done all the work, and then you just have to sit there and worry and try not to lose your mind, and then, FINALLY, out hatches this thing that only sort of feels like yours, because it’s been outside of you for so long.

Now it belongs to itself. And to readers.

And reviewers.

This might be the hardest part of all: when the reviews start coming in. Luckily, the couple that I’ve seen so far have been extremely nice. Booklist called it “a brilliant fantasy adventure exploring the consequences of getting what you wish for.” And according to Kirkus, the most nervous-making reviewer of all, “Readers may not wish to leave this magical world.”

So that’s pretty great.

Speaking of reviews, the book is up and running over at Goodreads, where you can add it to your to-read list (please), review it (once you’ve read it, obviously), and enter a giveaway for one of five advance copies (do it do it do it): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34614114-the-collectors

Tour details are still being finalized, but I can share one big piece of news: I’ll be a guest at this year’s Tweens Read Festival! It will be held on Saturday October 13, in Houston, Texas, and this year’s line-up is incredible. I feel the usual mixture of honored and sheepish to be included. 🙂 Lots more info here: http://www.tweensread.com/index.html

I’m planning to host a special giveaway of my own via Instagram in the near future, so if you’re not already following me there — jacqueline.west.writes — you might want to change that.

Finally, some big big news: My next YA novel, a modern-day Minnesotan retelling of the guitarist-selling-his-soul-to-the-devil legend, is coming next summer. It’s going to be called LAST THINGS, and honestly, I have never been more excited about anything that I’ve written.

Check out the Publishers Weekly announcement:

Spectacles

2 Comments (Leave a comment)

  1. Yeah, another YA!! Adding Last Things to my TBR list, right now. I’ll be sure to post my review for The Collectors closer to the release date. Congrats on all your upcoming releases. Brenda

    Comment by Brenda on September 3, 2018 @ 5:52 pm


  2. Thank you! I couldn’t be more excited about the YA — it’s my favorite thing I’ve ever written. And I truly appreciate you reading and reviewing The Collectors! Word of mouth (or of blog) helps so, so much. 🙂

    Comment by Jacqueline on September 3, 2018 @ 7:48 pm


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