Hello, friends. On April 26, Candlewick Press will be reissuing all four Agency novels in super-atmospheric new covers. There will be a mini blog tour and some giveaways (hurrah!), and I'm feeling pretty verklempt about the whole thing. I am so grateful that the amazing people at Candlewick remain 1000% behind my books. I adore the new covers (which are closely based on the amazing UK … [Read more...]
First pass pages
Hello, friends. A few weeks ago, I wrote about re-reading; I'm here today to talk about a different kind of re-reading. Recently, I went through the first pass pages of "The Legendary Garrett Girls". That's the title of my short story in Jessica Spotswood's upcoming A Tyranny of Petticoats - a collection of 15 short stories about girls in American history, to be published by Candlewick Press … [Read more...]
Rivals in the City: a deleted scene
Hello, friends. This post starts with a quantity of self-promotion but I'll make it up to you with a deleted scene from the final Agency novel, Rivals in the City. In just four weeks, Candlewick Press will publish Rivals in Canada and the USA, and some very nice things are happening as a result! To begin with, you can pre-order Rivals from your local independent bookseller, or through … [Read more...]