Upcoming book events for LIBERTY’S DAUGHTER

I will be reading and signing at Dreamhaven Books from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6th, and signing at Uncle Hugo’s from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday, December 9th. I’ll sign anything I’ve written, it doesn’t have to be copies of the new book, and you are not required to buy the books on site.

If you aren’t local, and you would like one or more personalized signed copies, you can pre-order from either Dreamhaven or Uncle Hugo’s and specify how you want them personalized, and I can do that while I’m there. The bookstore will handle shipping it to you and barring some sort of USPS meltdown you should have them in time for holiday giving.

Here’s the ordering page for Uncle Hugo’s: http://unclehugo.com/prod/ah-kritzer-naomi.php (you can put personalization instructions in the “Special Instructions” when checking out).

Here’s the ordering page for Dreamhaven: http://dreamhavenbooks.com/product/libertys-daughter/ — again, they have a spot for “special instructions” during checkout.

Both booksellers also accept orders by phone.

(Yes, yes, I know what you REALLY want is my Bad Holiday Gifts post. I’m working on it!)

Miscellaneous writing news + a virtual book signing

In the last week of April, I won the Minnesota Book Award followed two days later by the Edgar Award (both in the Young Adult category). Last week, the Nautilus Book Awards named Catfishing on CatNet a Silver Winner. (The Nautilus Book Award focuses on books striving to make a better world and goes heavily to non-fiction, but they also have a YA fiction category.)

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I don’t have my Edgar yet but this is what they look like.

I am deeply honored that my book has spoken to so many people. You can see what else it’s a finalist for (and when/how the winners will be announced) here.

If you happen to need a copy of Catfishing on CatNet, or a copy of my short story collection or anything else they’ve got in stock, I’m going to do a virtual signing at Uncle Hugo’s/Uncle Edgar’s on Tuesday, May 12th, and if you get your order in before noon on May 12th you can get a personalized signed copy. (After that, there should be plenty of signed copies available for order, but they will not be personalized.)

 

 

CATFISHING ON CATNET coming November 19th

816WkzoELELMy technothriller YA (young adult) novel about friendship, online community, AIs (artificial intelligences), robots, hacking, sex ed, and road trips, is coming out on November 19th.

If you would like to pre-order it, you can do that on the usual big behemoth sites OR you can preorder from Uncle Hugo’s Science Fiction Bookstore — which will allow you to get a signed copy even if you’re not local. You should also be able to pre-order it from anywhere that you’d normally buy books. It will also be available as an audiobook.

I will be doing several book-related events the week it comes out! On November 21st, I’ll be at local bookstore Magers & Quinn along with Marissa Lingen and Sue Burke. On November 22nd, I’ll be at the Loft Literary Center with Kelly Barnhill. On November 23rd, I’ll be signing at Uncle Hugo’s. (If I add other stuff, I will edit this post.)

You can also read an excerpt from it right now over at the Tor Teen blog! You can also read the (starred!) reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publisher’s Weekly. Finally, you could go read the short story that started it all, Cat Pictures Please. (The AI narrator of the short story is also one of the viewpoint characters in the novel.)