Holiday Bonuses!

What's rectangular, flat, and super-easy to gift wrap?

I guess this could describe the iPad Mini, but I meant BOOKS.

If you're planning on giving books this holiday season, we hope you'll consider ours :)

And if you do, the following Apocalypsies have special offers to sweeten the deal -- including signed bookplates, limited edition swag, and other festive bonus fun. Click the links below for more details.

Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!

A.C. Gaughen's SCARLET  -- > Signed Bookplates

Lynne Kelly's CHAINED --> Order signed copies or request signed bookplates

E.M. Kokie's PERSONAL EFFECTS --> Order Signed Copies of the book 

Diana Renn's TOKYO HEIST --> Signed Swag For the Holidays 

Kimberly Sabatini's TOUCHING THE SURFACE --> Help Save Inner Holiday Elves 

Tiffany Schmidt's SEND ME A SIGN --> Send Me a SIGNATURE

L.B. Schulman's LEAGUE OF STRAYS --> Signed Bookplates & Contest!

Jessica Spotswood's BORN WICKED --> Signed Bookplates

Sarvenaz Tash's THE MAPMAKER & THE GHOST --> Signed Bookplates

Geniuses at Work

I love seeing pictures of writers' work spaces. They give another glimpse into the creative process behind the books we read, a place where we can imagine the author toiling behind a computer screen, filling blank pages. It's easy for readers to attribute some special significance to the desk where your favorite novel was written, and in fact, some authors themselves are very particular about where they work. The writing space is another tool, just like a computer or legal pad, a special pen or a cherished figurine that helps the words flow. But what fascinates me most is the way a space can reflect the personality of the author, and how it may (or may not) affect way she works. Cluttered, neat, surrounded by books, or buried under Post-its, every writing space is unique.

I thought it would be fun to peek into the personal spaces of some of the Apocalypsies, to see where their debut books came to life.

Jessica Spotswood: BORN WICKED

BIO: Jessica Spotswood writes books about magic and kissing. She is repped by the awesome Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. Jess has wanted to be an author since fourth grade, except for that time she went to grad school to be a dramaturg. She lives in a hipster neighborhood in Washington, DC with her playwright husband and a very cuddly cat named Monkey. Jess loves books, theatre, tea, cardamom cookies, the color pink, twirly dresses, and the sound of bells chiming the hour. She is frighteningly enthusiastic.

DEBUT: BORN WICKED: Book 1 of The Cahill Witch Chronicles (Putnam, Spring 2012)

Cate Cahill and her sisters are considered eccentric bluestockings--a little odd, a little unfashionable, and far too educated for their own good. The truth is more complicated; they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it could mean an asylum, a prison ship--or an early grave.

5 FICTIONAL BFFS FOR THE APOCALYPSE:

Hermione Granger (HARRY POTTER series by J.K. Rowling)

Frankie Landau-Banks (THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS by E. Lockhart)

Deryn Sharp (LEVIATHAN and BEHEMOTH by Scott Westerfeld)

Kate (PLAIN KATE by Erin Bow)

Kat Stephenson (KAT, INCORRIGIBLE by Stephanie Burgis)