The End (Of The Month) Is Nigh!

Yes, we're a new group, but we still have news! As we grow we'll have more frequent posts about what we're up to, but here's what's going on with us so far as 2010 draws to a close:

Deal news for Veronica Rossi: Veronica's UNDER THE NEVER SKY is making a big splash internationally, and the dystopian romance series has been optioned by Warner Brothers. Read more in this Publishers Weekly article.

U.S. sale for Susanne Winnacker: Susanne's debut THE OTHER LIFE first sold to Usborne in the U.K, and this month Marshall Cavendish picked up the novel for publication in the U.S. Both publishers plan to release the novel in 2012.

POSSESS book trailer: Check out the awesome trailer for Gretchen McNeil's POSSESS. Spooky!


We're keeping busy as a group, adding new members each week, getting our individual bios posted, interviewing the 2011 debut Elevensies, and of course writing--revising or copyediting our debuts, or working on our next books.


Happy New Year, everyone!

Susanne Winnacker: THE OTHER LIFE

BIO: Susanne Winnacker writes books for young adults. She studied law before she became a full-time writer. She lives in Germany with her husband, a dog and four bunnies.

She is a contributor of GotYA, a group blog of YA writers. She loves travelling, animals and coffee (in every shape and form).


DEBUT: THE OTHER LIFE (Usborne, February 1st, 2012 / Marshall Cavendish, May 1st, 2012)

Sherry and her family have lived sealed in a bunker in the garden since things went wrong up above. Her grandfather has been in the freezer for the last three months, her parents are at each other’s throats and two minutes ago they ran out of food.

Sherry and her father leave the safety of the bunker and find a devastated and empty LA, smashed to pieces by bombs and haunted by ‘Weepers’ - rabid humans infected with a weaponized rabies virus.

While searching for food in a supermarket, Sherry’s father disappears and Sherry is saved by Joshua, a boy-hunter. He takes her to Safe-haven, a tumble-down vineyard in the hills outside LA, where a handful of other survivors are picking up the pieces of their ‘other lives’. As she falls in love for the first time, Sherry must save her father, stay alive and keep Joshua safe when his desire for vengeance threatens them all.

5 BOOKS FOR THE APOCALYPSE: The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins), Mercy Thompson Series (Patricia Briggs), Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling), Adrian Mole diaries (Sue Townsend), Three Bags Full (Leonie Swann)