by SCBWI Western Washington
A reminder that Jay Asher is coming to town. "Jay Asher’s first book, Thirteen Reasons Why was and is a worldwide phenomenon. It’s been translated into 35 languages, spent over 200 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and sold nearly 2.5 million copies since its 2007 debut, making it a contemporary classic with... Continue Reading →
How To Be a Guest at Jennifer's Dinner Table WOW! What a Kick-off to our SCBWI season. Jennifer March Soloway was our guest agent from the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and she was truly one to listen to. Immediately, she captured the audience in Demaray Hall at SPU last week with her charisma for books, the... Continue Reading →
Jay is taking us through a time line of his publishing adventures, including, but not limited to: free fruit smoothies; the truth about men and women and what they say about foot sizes; and ill-advised laminated bookmarks featuring The ChocoBarn Cow (tagline: for Adam Kinski, life is one problem after an udder) One of his... Continue Reading →
Jay Asher, one of the keynote speakers at our annual conference, has great advice on how we can handle the reviews of our published work:After Thirteen Reasons Why came out, it took me a looooong time to get comfortable with the idea that not everyone was going to appreciate my book the way I thought... Continue Reading →
The Guide to Literary Agents asked Jay Asher for his picks of great hooks in the fall catalog. Here are some of his choices:Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman. A high school underdog’s tarot card readings become strangely accurate.As You Wish by Jackson Pearce. A teen falls in love with the genie sent to grant her... Continue Reading →
Late breaking calendar announcement:Jay Asher, author of THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, will be speaking and signing books at Village Books in Bellingham on Saturday, July 25th, at 2:00 p.m.For more information see Village Books' website.
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