NewsFlash: Things are revving up!

Congratulations to Suzanne for winning a copy of Caroyln Menke’s book RETURN TO ME.

We send our thanks to Elizabeth Brundage for being our guest on The Debutante Ball yesterday! Her book ALL THINGS CEASE TO APPEAR was just listed in the Wall Street Journal as one of the best mysteries of 2016!! If you haven’t already, please pick up a copy of ALL THINGS CEASE TO APPEAR or enter to win a signed copy by retweeting the following tweet:

 

You can also enter by sharing the post on Facebook. We will select and contact the very lucky winner on Friday, December 16th at noon (US Only). Good luck!

We’re excited to announce that the Deb Class of 2017 will be teaming up with Shelf Pleasure on December 22nd from 8-9pm (EST) for a live twitter chat! We hope you’ll join us!

To be reminded 15 minutes prior to the event, text DEBBOOKCHAT to 444999.

Your phone number will ONLY be used for this event and you will never be spammed.

Additional News from the 2017 Debs

The Debs were featured on We Heart Writing, sharing what we think are the biggest challenges facing debut authors right now. Check it out here: The Class of 2017

Lynn K. Hall just opened a carton of almond milk that expires on February 11th – that’s four days after the release of Caged Eyes! Sometimes it’s really the little things that freak you out. But putting aside her incredible angst, she’s very excited she had the opportunity this week to schedule more post-launch readings.

Amy Poeppel was so excited to see SMALL ADMISSIONS on Refinery 29’s Top December Reads!! She is also thrilled that the book trailer is online! Watch it here!

Crystal King shared why visiting the locations where your book takes place, even if distant, is so important: Women Writers, Women[‘s] Books – Walk a Mile In Your Characters’ Shoes  The fun part for her is that she gets to go go to Italy to wear those shoes!

The Palazzo Grimani di San Luca, Venezia, where the main character in Crystal’s novel in progress briefly worked.

Jenni L. Walsh started to review the First Pass pages for BECOMING BONNIE this week and it has been wonderfully wild to officially see her title and name in print! ARCs are coming the end of December, which will be even wilder! For your own early copy, you can enter a giveaway here! Ends 12/16.

Tiffany D. Jackson is taking a break from the craziness of NYC and is making memories in Paris!

Author: Amy Poeppel

Amy Poeppel grew up in Dallas, Texas and left the south to attend Wellesley College. Since then, she has worked as an actor, a high school English teacher, and most recently as the Assistant Director of Admissions at a school in New York City. Her three fabulous boys are all off in Boston attending school, and she and her husband now split their time between New York and Frankfurt, Germany. A theatrical version of SMALL ADMISSIONS was workshopped at the Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Unit. She later expanded it into her first novel.