E. Lockhart's Blog, page 3
August 2, 2017
Genuine Fraud (and cake)
A promo image for Genuine Fraud, quote from the novel, photograph by Heather Weston. ÌýThe book publishes globally on Sept 5, 2017. ÌýFeel free to capture and share.
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July 21, 2017
My UK & Ireland tour
I am touring the UK & Ireland. ÌýI'll be at YALC in London, then in Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester and Liverpool. Ìý I'll be with Holly Bourne, Non Pratt, Amy Alward, Simon Savidge, Claire Hennessey, Jennifer E. Smith, Carlie Sorosiak and Katherine Webber. ÌýCome say hi.
Genuine Fraud isn't out until Sept 5, but we'll have advance copies at YALC. ÌýAt all other events -- I'll read from the book, and we can also talk about Dramarama, We Were Liars, Fly on the Wall, Frankie Landau-Banks, The Boyfriend List, etc. Ìý Those books will be for sale and I'll sign anything -- and the We Were Liars deluxe edition will be at the Waterstones events, as it's exclusive to them.
Hope to see you there. ÌýSchedule is below and will get larger if you click on it!
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June 20, 2017
Chicago: ALA, LibraryCon & Follett Reading Con & Anderson's!
I'll be in Chicago in June for three conferences and a public event. Come and see me!Ìý
Thursday June 22
FOLLETT READING CON:Ìý
11:30 a.m. ��ï¿� 12:15 p.m. Program: Putting More Story into Your Problems: Using Children���sÌýBooks to Teach Math (Emily Jenkins)
2:00 p.m. ��ï¿� 2:45 p.m.ÌýÌýÌýÌý Book Signing, both Jenkins & Lockhart books
3:00 p.m. ��ï¿� 3:45 p.m.ÌýÌýÌýÌý Program: How to FAIL at Writing, in conversation with educators and author Laurel Snyder
PUBLIC EVENT: ANDERSON'S BOOKSTORE
7:00 p.m.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýAnderson���s Bookshop LaGrange Store Ìý26 S. La Grange Rd | La Grange, IL 60525
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýIn-Store YA Panel featuring E. Lockhart (We Were Liars Deluxe Edition), Julie Eshbaugh (Ivory and Bone), Adi Alsaid (North of Happy), ÌýMaurene Goo (I Believe in a Thing Called Love), Neal Shusterman (Hawking���s Hallway)
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Friday, June 23rd
LIBRARY CON Ìý
12:30 p.m. ��ï¿� 1:30 p.m.Ìý ALA Con Panel: I���ll Take Audiobooks for $400, Please!: an Audience
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Note: a signing will follow the panel
6:00 p.m. ��ï¿� 7:00 p.m.ÌýÌý ÌýSigning E. Lockhart books at Booth #2218
Printz Awards Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Macmillan Children���s Dessert Party
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Saturday, June 24th
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCEÌý
Ìý9:00 a.m. ��ï¿� 10:00 a.m.Ìý ÌýSigning with Candlewick, Booth #2820 ÌýARCs of new book: Brave Red, Smart Frog
11:30 a.m. ��� 12:45 p.m. YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Teen Lunch. Book: Genuine Fraud
1:00 p.m. ��ï¿� 2:00 p.m.Ìý Signing with Scholastic Book Fairs, Booth # 2911 ÌýBook: ÌýUpside-down Magic
2:00 p.m. ��ï¿� 3:00 p.m.ÌýÌý ÌýSigning with Random House Children���s Books, Booth #3711 ÌýARCs of new book: Genuine Fraud
4:00 p.m. ��ï¿� 4:45 p.m.ÌýÌý ÌýALA PopTop Stage: The Future of YA: A Debut Author Panel,ÌýModerated by E. Lockhart
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Sunday, June 25th:
ALA
10:00 a.m. ��ï¿� 11:30 a.m. RHCB Original Art Picture Book Illustrator Brunch featuring Chris Appelhans (A Greyhound, A Groundhog), Stephanie Graegin (Little Fox in the Forest), Lisa Mundorff (A Small BlueÌýWhale), and Sarah Williamson (Where Are You?)
2:00 p.m. ��ï¿� 3:00 p.m.ÌýÌý ÌýSigning Greyhound withÌýChris Appelhans at Random House Children���s Books,ÌýBooth #3711
June 16, 2017
Bustle's Genuine Fraud preview
Bustle Ìý Book comes out Sept 5, 2017.Ìý
May 30, 2017
Book Expo and Book Con 2017
Thursday, 2:30 pm signing Genuine Fraud ARCs at the Penguin Random House booth. First 50 people in line get a GF "quote pouch" aka a makeup bag.
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Thursday AM, Candlewick booth -- I won't be there, but they're doing a giveaway of my fairy tale book, Brave Red, Smart Frog. ÌýPublished under Emily Jenkins.Ìý
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Book Con:
Sunday, 11 am - 12 pm signing Genuine Fraud ARCs at the Penguin Random House booth. First 50 people in line get a GF "quote pouch" aka a makeup bag. Also finished books for sale, through Word bookstore.
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Sunday, 12:30 - 1:30 Panel "Write Here, Write Now" with Leigh Bardugo Jennifer Smith & Adam Silvera.
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Sunday, 1:45-2:45 Autograph area, signing finished books for sale, through The Strand bookstore.
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Sunday, 3:30 4:30 VIP lounge area signing, We Were Liars Deluxe Edition
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Come say hi!
xoE
March 7, 2017
Two things you can pre-order! Genuine Fraud and the We Were Liars Deluxe Edition
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My next book is GENUINE FRAUD, publishing in September 2017. Coming from Penguin Random House in the USA, Allen & Unwin in AU, and Hot Key in the UK and Ireland. ÌýYou .Ìý
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýImogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat.
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýJule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete.
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýAn intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two.
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýA bad romance, or maybe three.
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýBlunt objects, disguises, blood, and chocolate.
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýThe American dream, superheroes, spies, and villains.
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýA girl who refuses to give people what they want from her.
ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýA girl who refuses to be the person she once was.
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And, I'm thrilled to announce the WE WERE LIARS DELUXE EDITIONÌýwill be in stores May 23, 2017 in the USA.
ItÌýincludes all-new love letters from Gat to Cadence, recipes, book club discussion questions, selections from the original book proposal, an essay by the author, teacher goodies, a nowhere-else seen sneak-peek at Genuine Fraud, and more. ÌýAll copies of the first printing are autographedÌýand twenty special copies will be released signed with colored ink and rubber stamps. Ìý
XO
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September 27, 2016
Rock the Vote #firstvote16
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It���s #VoterRegistrationDay in the US, and today the YA community partners with to launch a week or more of #firstvote16 videos. Keep your eyes peeled. Big names coming up!
Please share the love and .
Make your own video about your first time! Just tag two friends, link to and use #firstvote16. XOXOXO
To register to vote (it takes two minutes!) and to learn more about absentee voting, how to vote in your state and more, visit: .
love and political empowerment,
E
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tagging: Printz-winner , Broadway radio host and YA novelist and .
July 11, 2016
Zoella Book Club
! ÌýShe () picked eight books and I have read a bunch of them and they all look great -- Rainbow Rowell! Nicola Yoon! Jennifer Niven! Ìý And lots of others. Ìý PlusÌýI wrote one of them: We Were Liars.Ìý
The club is sponsored by W.H. Smith, in the UK, but the exclusive content is available for everyone to see.
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And here's the video where she talks about all the books -- great if you're trying to decide what to read this summmer.
June 9, 2016
We Were Liars and lots more, in Zoella's book club.
We Were Liars and lots more, in Zoella's book club.
May 13, 2016
Upside-down Magic 2: Sticks & Stones
My MG series is UPSIDE-DOWN MAGIC -- co-written with Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle. ÌýBook 2 comes out May 31, 2016. ÌýHere's a