The Shattering cookie: Meet Janna!
Cookie time has come again! A very fast poll indicated you would like to see Musician Janna, as opposed to Flirty Janna or Magic Janna, so here we go. But with flirtiness attached anyway. Janna van der Zaag multi-tasks, yo! SPOILERS. BUT MILD ONES. Tiny bit of relevant context: Janna’s nickname is Stardust. She claims it’s because she’s vital to the existence of the universe, but Keri has a different, less flattering, origin story for the name. Patrick looked disgusted, but then again, that was his basic state. “Don’t spend the money before we’ve earned it,” he...
read moreTHE SHATTERING cookie: Meet Keri!
The results of the latest cookie poll seem to indicate that you would like a Keri-PoV cookie next.
read moreCover Reveal: The Shattering!
Would you like to see the Australian/New Zealand The Shattering cover?
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New Title Reveal’d!
And lo, the title discussions began. Editors, assistants, some friends I dragged in, and my own febrile brain came up with long lists of titles. Some of them were pretty good. Some of them were totally ridiculous. All of them went through many many people, including sales and marketing teams on both side of the Pacific.
read moreTHE SHATTERING Announcement
A young adult supernatural adventure, THE SHATTERING will be available in September 2011 from Allen and Unwin (Australia/New Zealand) and Little, Brown (USA).
read moreAbout Karen
Karen Healey is a young adult novelist. She is the author of the urban fantasies GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD and THE SHATTERING, both set in New Zealand, and the forthcoming sci-fi adventure WHEN WE WAKE. GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD won the 2010 Aurealis Award for Best YA Novel and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award. Karen can tell you a lot about baking, covers of "Hallelujah" and superhero comics.
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