Reviewer X: Author Interview: Annette Curtis Klause (!!!!!!!!)

Read the review HERE

This is a fun interview. I'm always happy to be asked about my writing.
Thanks Reviewer X!

ALA Here I Come

Well, I'm all set to go to the American Library Association annual conference in Anaheim, California. I'll be wearing two hats: one as author and the other as librarian. I'll be taking advantage of the educational programming as well as wandering around the exhibits looking at all the new books. I expect I'll be there for the Newbery and Caldecott speeches and I'm hoping to attend the Prinz Award reception, too. So, if you're going to be at ALA, look for me there.

Our Lily is a Star part 1

Usually I am the only family member who has her name in a book, but not this month.

A while back now, my husband encouraged me to enter our three-legged Siamese cat in a Web competition run by Mutts comics. People were asked to submit the rescue stories of their pets to be considered for inclusion in a collection of Shelter Stories by cartoonist Patrick McDonnell. Well, MUTTS Shelter Stories: Love. Guaranteed. is now out--and there's our Lily on page ninety-four! Her picture kicks off a section of cartoon strips about Eddie-Do, a three-legged cat.

They used a paragraph from the entry I sent in, but didn't mention that she found her forever home with us through Siamese Rescue, so I thought I'd let you know here.

My husband and I are thrilled that Lily was included, especially since this wonderful book promotes animal rescue and adoption. Lily seems rather nonchalant, however. She's sleeping in front of my monitor right now, totally oblivious to her new-found fame.

Our Lily is a Star part 2

In Honor of National Poetry Month

The back of my front door:

Okay, so I ran out of space on the refrigerator.
You have to click on the picture for a bigger version so you can read the poem I made without squinting.

Restless News

In addition to being an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Junior Library Guild pick, The Restless Dead is a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Woohoo!

PULSE BLOGFEST

Hi!

I'll be one of 120 authors participating in the Pulse Blogfest put on by Simon & Schuster between March 14 and March 27. Each day authors will answer a question selected from those submitted by teen readers, and there will be a place for you to make comments. All the authors will not answer all the question, but there should be quite a few posting every day at the Blogfest site. Some authors will respond to comments if they aren't on the road or busy with other obligations. I'll try to check in each day.

Where I'll be in March 2008

I'm going to try and post more often honestly.

Anyway, this March I'll be a guest at ConBust the annual science fiction/fantasy convention at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. The convention runs from March 28 to March 30. I hope you'll come to see me there.

Finally, "Kissing Dead Boys" Recognized.

The September School Library Journal has a lovely review of my story in The Restless Dead. Here's the part I liked best:

The third story, "Kissing Dead Boys," however, is classic Annette Curtis Klause and it alone may be worth the price of the book. Klause takes the tired-sexy-vampire and vampire-hunter conventions and makes them fresh in just 14 pages.

Woohoo! Finally! Much better than the Booklist review which said nice things then attributed my story to someone else. Yikes!

Giving Movies Another Chance

I've signed a contract for a movie of The Silver Kiss. It's likely to be a TV movie if it ever gets made. (These things are always iffy.) I should be jaded after my Blood and Chocolate experience, but who knows--maybe next time someone will get it right.