From MTV Hol­ly­wood Crush:

We’re pretty con­fi­dent in say­ing that the only place you’ll find a more stacked lineup of YA authors than this year’s YALLFest is the teen sec­tion of your local Barnes & Noble. Because for the sec­ond annual meet-up ded­i­cated to all things young adult, orga­niz­ers Mar­garet Stohl, Pseu­do­ny­mous Bosch and Melissa de la Cruz (pic­tured) are wel­com­ing 48 authors—25 of them New York Times best­sellers. And guess what? We have the EXCLUSIVE lineup for you to scrutinize!

Keep read­ing after the jump to see if your favorite writer will make an appear­ance in South Car­olina. (And let’s be hon­est, with nearly 50 RSVPs, the chances are pretty good!)

The offi­cial lineup includes: Kwame Alexan­der, Jen­nifer Lyn Barnes, Holly Black, Pseu­do­ny­mous Bosch, Sarah Rees Bren­nan, Heather Brewer, Kiera Cass, Cinda Chima, Cas­san­dra Clare, Andrea Cre­mer, Katie Crouch, Gitty Danesh­vari, Melissa de la Cruz, Matt de la Pena, Kim Dert­ing, Simone Elke­les, Eliz­a­beth Eul­berg, Gayle For­man, Kami Gar­cia, Adam Gid­witz, David Macin­nis Gill, Adele Grif­fin, Deb­o­rah Hark­ness, Jenny Han, Siob­han Vivian, Michelle Hod­kin, Ellen Hop­kins, Tonya Hur­ley, Michele Jaffe, Caitlin Kit­tredge, Alyson Noel, David Levithan, Stephanie Perkins, Diana Peter­fre­und, Kathy Reichs, Bren­dan Reichs, Beth Revis, Jes­sica Rothen­berg, Car­rie Ryan, Eliot Schre­fer, Natalie Stan­di­ford, Tren­ton Lee Stew­art, Mar­garet Stohl, Cate Tier­nan, Robin Wasser­man, Mar­jorie Went­worth, John Corey Wha­ley, and Kathryn Williams.

Lit­er­ary Friend­ships is the theme, so it’s only fit­ting that “Mor­tal Instru­ments” author Cas­san­dra Clare and “Spi­der­wick Chron­i­cles” author Holly Black (real-life BFFs, duh) will deliver the keynote speech on that very topic. And, of course, there will be plenty of pan­els, events and per­for­mances to warm your literature-loving hearts.

YALLFest takes place in Charleston, SC, on Novem­ber 9 and 10. Be sure to check the offi­cial YALLFest web­site for all the details.

Is this amaz­ing stacked or what? Do you plan on attend­ing YALLFest? Sound off in the com­ments and on Twitter!

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Check out this awe­some new book trailer post on YouTube by a fan of Black Hole Sun. I espe­cially like the music and the sum­mary of the story.

http://youtu.be/Klu298_SsoM

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On Sun­day, May 6th, Books of Won­der is pleased to wel­come seven teen fic­tion authors to share their thrilling sto­ries of revenge, hope, and courage. Author and National Book Award Final­ist PAOLO BACIGALUPI will present The Drowned Cities, set in a dark future Amer­ica where vio­lence is all too com­mon and two young refugees must fight for their lives; GALAXY CRAZE will intro­duce The Last Princess, in which a series of nat­ural dis­as­ters has dev­as­tated the earth, and a young princess of Eng­land must escape from a mur­der­ous rev­o­lu­tion­ary who is tar­get­ing her royal fam­ily; DAVID MACINNIS GILL will share Invis­i­ble Sun, an action-packed story fea­tur­ing a young hero who must race through fire and flood to prove him­self, against all odds, to the girl he loves; KATE KLIMO will present Daugh­ter of the Cen­taurs — Cen­turiad #1, fol­low­ing the tale of Mal­ora, the last sur­viv­ing mem­ber of a tribe of horse wran­glers and hunters, who must now roam the dan­ger­ous wild with no one but a band of horses for com­pan­ion­ship; ALETHEA KONTIS will intro­duce Enchanted, an inven­tive new take on an age-old fairy­tale about Sun­day, the youngest of seven sis­ters named for the days of the week, who befriends a frog with the poten­tial to become a prince — will she find love in such an unlikely place? ELIZABETH NORRIS will share Unrav­el­ing, in which high schooler Janelle is hit by a car then mirac­u­lously brought back to life by loner Ben — and her mys­te­ri­ous revival is only the first of many puz­zles she’ll have to solve. And last but not least, MARY G. THOMPSON will present Wuftoom, the story of a sick boy named Evan who is con­fined to his bed and expe­ri­enc­ing a meta­mor­pho­sis into some­thing even sci­ence can­not explain, all alone except for his vis­its from the Wuftoom, a worm­like crea­ture who tells Evan he is becom­ing “one of them.” Join us on Sun­day May 6th for the chance to hear these tal­ented authors speak about their books, take ques­tions from the audi­ence, and sign copies of their work. Ages 12 and up. 1-3pm.

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To cel­e­brate the launch of Invis­i­ble Sun (and the nearly-complete Shadow on the Sun), we cre­ated an new web­site devoted to the Durango books. W00t! The URL is MarsStinks.com. And more con­tent is on the way, includ­ing a new book trailer for Invis­i­ble Sun!

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One of my favorite writ­ers (and peo­ple) has a great ter­rific blog posts on the inspi­ra­tions for her soon to be released novel, Meet You at Harry’s. http://jbknowles.livejournal.com/452326.html

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One of my favorite nov­els (and anime adap­ta­tions) is Howl’s Mov­ing Cas­tle. One of my son’s favorite series was the Chrestom­anci books. The author of these is Diana Wynne Jones. When Diana passed away last year, it was like los­ing a dear friend, one who only brought us good­ies and never asked to bor­row money or hand tools. So I was very happy when I received the note below from Diana’s US pub­lish­ers. Please repost and retweet this invi­ta­tion to any and all authors, read­ers, librar­i­ans, teach­ers, book­sellers and any­one else who loves Diana’a work:

Photo by Ben Millett

It is hard to believe that a year has passed since we lost Diana Wynne Jones. This spring Diana’s pub­lish­ers around the world will be jointly remem­ber­ing this won­der­ful author’s life and work dur­ing an online cel­e­bra­tion and extrav­a­ganza. The offi­cial celebration/blog tour starts on April 12 and will run for two weeks. We have set up a blog at http://dwj2012.tumblr.com/ and it is ready for sub­mis­sions and for shar­ing. The Twit­ter hash­tag is #dwj2012. Please join us.

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The HUGO Nom­i­nees for 2012 just came out. I’m very excited because I see friends in the list!

Best Novel (932 ballots)

Among Oth­ers by Jo Wal­ton (Tor)
A Dance With Drag­ons by George R. R. Mar­tin (Ban­tam Spec­tra)
Dead­line by Mira Grant (Orbit)
Embassy­town by China Miéville (Macmil­lan / Del Rey)
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (Orbit)

Best Novella (473 ballots)

Count­down by Mira Grant (Orbit)
“The Ice Owl” by Car­olyn Ives Gilman (The Mag­a­zine of Fan­tasy & Sci­ence Fic­tion November/December 2011)
“Kiss Me Twice” by Mary Robi­nette Kowal (Asimov’s June 2011)
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij John­son (Asimov’s September/October 2011)
“The Man Who Ended His­tory: A Doc­u­men­tary” by Ken Liu (Pan­verse 3)
Silently and Very Fast by Cath­erynne M. Valente (WSFA)

Best Nov­el­ette (499 ballots)

“The Copen­hagen Inter­pre­ta­tion” by Paul Cor­nell (Asimov’s July 2011)
“Fields of Gold” by Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)
“Ray of Light” by Brad R. Torg­ersen (Ana­log Decem­ber 2011)
“Six Months, Three Days” by Char­lie Jane Anders (Tor.com)
“What We Found” by Geoff Ryman (The Mag­a­zine of Fan­tasy & Sci­ence Fic­tion March/April 2011)

Best Short Story (593 ballots)

“The Car­tog­ra­pher Wasps and the Anar­chist Bees” by E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld April 2011)
“The Home­com­ing” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s April/May 2011)
“Move­ment” by Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s March 2011)
“The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (The Mag­a­zine of Fan­tasy & Sci­ence Fic­tion March/April 2011)
“Shadow War of the Night Drag­ons: Book One: The Dead City: Pro­logue” by John Scalzi (Tor.com)

Best Related Work (461 ballots)

The Ency­clo­pe­dia of Sci­ence Fic­tion, Third Edi­tion edited by John Clute, David Lang­ford, Peter Nicholls, and Gra­ham Sleight (Gol­lancz)
Jar Jar Binks Must Die… and Other Obser­va­tions about Sci­ence Fic­tion Movies by Daniel M. Kim­mel (Fan­tas­tic Books)
The Steam­punk Bible: An Illus­trated Guide to the World of Imag­i­nary Air­ships, Corsets and Gog­gles, Mad Sci­en­tists, and Strange Lit­er­a­ture by Jeff Van­der­Meer and S. J. Cham­bers (Abrams Image)
Wicked Girls by Seanan McGuire
Writ­ing Excuses, Sea­son 6 by Bran­don Sander­son, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robi­nette Kowal, and Jor­dan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story (339 ballots)

Dig­ger by Ursula Ver­non (Sofa­wolf Press)
Fables Vol 15: Rose Red by Bill Will­ing­ham and Mark Buck­ing­ham (Ver­tigo)
Locke & Key Vol­ume 4, Keys to the King­dom writ­ten by Joe Hill, illus­trated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Schlock Mer­ce­nary: Force Mul­ti­pli­ca­tion writ­ten and illus­trated by Howard Tayler, col­ors by Travis Wal­ton (The Tayler Cor­po­ra­tion)
The Unwrit­ten (Vol­ume 4): Leviathan cre­ated by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. Writ­ten by Mike Carey, illus­trated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dra­matic Pre­sen­ta­tion (Long Form) (592 ballots)

Cap­tain Amer­ica: The First Avenger, screen­play by Christo­pher Markus and Stephan McFeely, directed by Joe John­ston (Mar­vel)
Game of Thrones (Sea­son 1), cre­ated by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; writ­ten by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cog­man, Jane Espen­son, and George R. R. Mar­tin; directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Mina­han, Tim van Pat­ten, and Alan Tay­lor (HBO)
Harry Pot­ter and the Deathly Hal­lows Part 2, screen­play by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner Bros.)
Hugo, screen­play by John Logan; directed by Mar­tin Scors­ese (Para­mount)
Source Code, screen­play by Ben Rip­ley; directed by Dun­can Jones (Ven­dome Pictures)

Best Dra­matic Pre­sen­ta­tion (Short Form) (512 ballots)

“The Doctor’s Wife” (Doc­tor Who), writ­ten by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales)
“The Drink Tank’s Hugo Accep­tance Speech,” Christo­pher J Gar­cia and James Bacon (Ren­o­va­tion)
“The Girl Who Waited” (Doc­tor Who), writ­ten by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hur­ran (BBC Wales)
“A Good Man Goes to War” (Doc­tor Who), writ­ten by Steven Mof­fat; directed by Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)
“Reme­dial Chaos The­ory” (Com­mu­nity), writ­ten by Dan Har­mon and Chris McKenna; directed by Jeff Mel­man (NBC)

Best Semi­prozine (357 ballots)

Apex Mag­a­zine edited by Cath­erynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason Size­more
Inter­zone edited by Andy Cox
Light­speed edited by John Joseph Adams
Locus edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.
New York Review of Sci­ence Fic­tion edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dike­man, and Avram Grumer

Best Fanzine (322 ballots)

Banana Wings edited by Claire Bri­a­ley and Mark Plum­mer
The Drink Tank edited by James Bacon and Christo­pher J Gar­cia
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
Jour­ney Planet edited by James Bacon, Christo­pher J Gar­cia, et al.
SF Sig­nal edited by John DeNardo

Best Fan­cast (326 ballots)

The Coode Street Pod­cast, Jonathan Stra­han & Gary K. Wolfe
Galac­tic Sub­ur­bia Pod­cast, Alisa Kras­nos­tein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts (pre­sen­ters) and Andrew Finch (pro­ducer)
SF Sig­nal Pod­cast, John DeNardo and JP Frantz, pro­duced by Patrick Hes­ter
SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cor­nell, Eliz­a­beth Bear, and Cath­erynne M. Valente
Star­Ship­Sofa, Tony C. Smith

Best Pro­fes­sional Edi­tor — Long Form (358 ballots)

Lou Anders
Liz Gorin­sky
Anne Les­ley Groell
Patrick Nielsen Hay­den
Betsy Wollheim

Best Pro­fes­sional Edi­tor — Short Form (512 ballots)

John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Stan­ley Schmidt
Jonathan Stra­han
Sheila Williams

Best Pro­fes­sional Artist (399 ballots)

Dan dos San­tos
Bob Eggle­ton
Michael Komarck
Stephan Mar­tiniere
John Picacio

Best Fan Artist (216 ballots)

Brad W. Fos­ter
Ran­dall Munroe
Spring Schoen­huth
Mau­rine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne

Best Fan Writer (360 ballots)

James Bacon
Claire Bri­a­ley
Christo­pher J Gar­cia
Jim C. Hines
Steven H Silver

John W. Camp­bell Award for Best New Writer (396 ballots)

Award for the best new pro­fes­sional sci­ence fic­tion or fan­tasy writer of 2010 or 2011, spon­sored by Dell Mag­a­zines (not a Hugo Award).

Mur Laf­ferty
Stina Leicht
Karen Lord *
Brad R. Torg­ersen *
E. Lily Yu

*2nd year of eligibility

The Hugo Awards are the pre­mier award in the Sci­ence Fic­tion genre, hon­or­ing Sci­ence Fic­tion lit­er­a­ture and media as well as the genre’s fans. The Hugo Awards were first pre­sented at the 1953 World Sci­ence Fic­tion Con­ven­tion in Philadel­phia (Philcon II), and they have con­tin­ued to honor Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­tasy nota­bles annu­ally for nearly 60 years.

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Woo-Hoo! The com­pan­ion novel to Black Hole Sun, Invis­i­ble Sun, goes on sale today! Any book birth­day is spe­cial, but Invis­i­ble Sun is extra spe­cial to me because it is ded­i­cated to my dear friend, cri­tique part­ner, and cheer­leader Julie Prince, who passed away last year. Julie was an inspi­ra­tion, and it was her belief in my work that helped me get published.

Here’s the offi­cial copy about the book and yet another smok­ing hot cover:
Obsessed with MUSE, the clan­des­tine project that cre­ated the AI in his brain, mer­ce­nary chief Durango draws the ire of the gov­ern­ment when he steals part of the secret project data and high­tails it with his lieu­tenant, Vienne, to an ancient monastery. There, he meets the monks who raised Vienne from an orphan and also encoun­ters sol­diers work­ing for his old neme­sis, the crime lord Mr. Lyme. Lyme con­trols the ter­ri­tory sur­round­ing the monastery, as well as the dat­a­cen­ters hous­ing the rest of MUSE.

Unde­terred, Durango and Vienne pull off an ill-advised raid on Lyme’s com­plex. Dur­ing the ensu­ing bat­tle, how­ever, Vienne is cap­tured, and Durango is beaten and left for dead. Now, wounded and shaken, Durango must over­come bounty hunters, treach­er­ous ter­rain, a full scale civil war, and a war­rior monk with an eye for vengeance (not to men­tion his own guilt, self-doubt, and bro­ken arm) to find Vienne and free her from Archibald, a brain-washing pyro­ma­niac with a Napoleon com­plex who wants to rule Mars–and kill Durango in the process.

Read the series that Suzanne Collins, author of the Hunger Games, says “Rock­ets read­ers to new frontiers!”

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LAST CHANCE! Don’t miss this exclu­sive #edeal on BLACK HOLE SUN ow.ly/7YiZh $0.99! Sales ends today! And INVISIBLE SUN comes out tomorrow!

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For a lim­ited time only, Black Hole Sun, is on sale for 99 cents in ebook for­mat from major online retail­ers! For a buck, you can read the YA sci-fi novel that Suzanne Collins said “rock­ets read­ers to new fron­tiers!” and received starred reviews from Book­list and School Library Jour­nal. Look for the sequel, Invis­i­ble Sun, on March 27!

Links:

• Ama­zon Kindle: 
• Itunes:
• Nook:
• Android/Google Play: 

What a great dis­count. As close as you can get to being free.

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