Fall 2016 YA Scavenger Hunt

Welcome to the awesomesauce book circus that is the YA Scavenger Hunt! For those new to the fun-fest that is YASH, this tri-annual event was first organized by the fabulous Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to bonus material from their favorite authors … and a chance to win some awesome […]

I’m in The Patch!

The Larchmont Patch, that is. Check out a fun article and interview with moi, written by Stefani Kim, editor of the Larchmont Mamaroneck Patch. A New Kind of Vampire Book: Larchmont Author Amalie Howard Modern-day vampires—portrayed in shows like “True Blood” and books like Twilight—are often caught between passionate love for a mortal that can’t be […]

Triple Threat: Chicago Indie Bookstores

Further to my last post about the wonderful Book Stall in Winnetka, IL, I also visited two other great independent bookstores in the Chicago area during my mini-Chicago Bloodspell tour. I wanted to mention all three together here, because I think independent bookstores are a wonderful and much-needed cornerstone to the book industry. Although these […]

BLOODSPELL BOOK TRAILER

Drumroll, please! Introducing the new Bloodspell Book Trailer! Book teaser trailer for debut novelist Amalie Howard’s BLOODSPELL, an enthralling, sexy and dark urban fantasy novel set in richly imagined Maine, Paris, and New York. Full of supernatural creatures, magic, and forbidden romance, KQRS’ Brad Blanks called BLOODSPELL, “a love story at its core, but this […]