my first print feature
Hi friends—
I hope you'll forgive my November newsletter coming a few days late. Can I blame my tardiness on a trip home to Chicago for visits with family/a turkey coma? How about the 24-hour stomach bug I caught at my niece's first birthday party? 😩 Okay, I'm out of excuses. I'll try to be more timely in December. On to this month's news...
PRESS
My first print feature came out in Publishers Weekly! Note: I've covered the last paragraph with a white box because it has a spoiler. If you'd rather read the (spoiler-free) online version, you can find it here.
FOREIGN EDITIONS
I've also now seen my first foreign cover! Here it is below, from my Dutch publisher, Prometheus. The title translates to "The Recovery of Rose Gold." In the Dutch market, it will be published in late March 2020.
GIVEAWAYS
Want some free books? My publisher has two sweepstakes going right now. The first is the FAMILY CAN BE DEADLY giveaway. One US reader will win all the books in the first photo. The sweepstakes runs until December 5th, and you can enter here.
The other is the WINTER THRILLS giveaway. One US reader will win all the books in the second photo. This sweepstakes is running until December 15th, and you can enter here.
Good luck, and let me know if you win!
FUN LINKS
Rose Gold has been included in a few more "most anticipated books of 2020" roundups, including Popsugar, Bustle, and Newsweek!
I've written a four-part series called How I Got My Agent. You can read Parts 1, 2, and 3 on my website. I'll publish Part 4 soon!
BOOK REC
Finally, my book recommendation this month is Beartown by Fredrik Backman. It’s tied for first of the best books I’ve read this year. (The other is The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai.) I’m jealous of everyone who has yet to read it for the first time. I already want to read it again. It’s a book about hockey that’s not really about hockey, so if you don’t give a fig about sports (👋), don’t let that put you off.
I feel reasonably confident that 99% of people will love this one, and if you don’t I want to hear why but also think you need a heart/brain transplant. 🙃 It’s a marvel from EVERY ANGLE: the plot, the characters, the sentences. This is what fiction should be, and now I want to read everything Backman has ever written. Go home and read it tonight. TONIGHT. I can’t wait to hear how much you loved it too.
That's all from me this month. Hope those of you who are in the US had a happy Thanksgiving, and that everyone has a healthy, productive, and delicious December!
As always, here are the US retailers where you can pre-order my book: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books A Million | Apple Books
IndieBound | Kobo | Google Play
And UK retailers: Amazon | Waterstones | iTunes | Kobo
3.5 months until publication!