Walk into any bookstore and you'll notice the young adult section has doubled. Teenagers are reading! And there’s a variety of styles and subjects—it’s not just about vampires. While stories vary, at the heart of every teen novel is the coming-of-age theme. Using popular YA novels as examples, this class will explore the unique aspects... Continue Reading →
Suzanne Selfors Book Release & Reading
Suzanne Selfors is happy to announce the release of her third YA novel, MAD LOVE. Check out the MAD LOVE book trailer starring Suzanne's kids. Suzanne will be doing a reading this Friday Jan 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo. Hope to see local members there!
Suzanne Selfors’ Classes…
Registration is now open for "Writing the Teen Novel," taught by Suzanne Selfors and sponsored by Field's End. Writers of all levels welcome but a completed first chapter of a YA novel is required. This class will begin February 24, 2011, and will combine lecture and workshoping, with lots of attention given to individual projects.... Continue Reading →
Help from Published Members
Suzanne Selfors is looking for local writers who've written books for tweens, and/or teens, in which winged characters play a major role in the story - angels, fairies, dragons, etc. She's putting together a fun event. Please email her at [email protected]. You can find out more about Suzanne at her website.
The Novel: Live!
In a stunning, never-before-attempted marathon of literary wonder, thirty-six Northwest authors write a complete novel in just six days under the watchful eyes of Fairy God-author Nancy Pearl. YA authors Suzanne Selfors and Deb Caletti will each take a two hour shift, which will be streamed live to classrooms. Watch this process at the official... Continue Reading →
Smells like a book party
Suzanne Selfors is having a party for SMELLS LIKE DOG on Sunday, May 23 at Eagle Harbor Books on Bainbridge Island.The shindig is from 3 to 4 p.m. Be there or, um, be a cat?
Suzanne Selfors: How a Reincarnated, Middle-Aged Dwarf Became an Immortal 16-Year Old and How it Almost Killed Me
Reported by Brenda Winter Hansen After finishing the revisions on her last book, Suzanne Selfors described the experience as the most hellish of her life. With eight books published in four years, she's a veteran at revisions, but she admits that every book she writes gives her a different set of problems when it comes... Continue Reading →
Smells like a good review
Suzanne Selfors joins the elite ranks of people not eviscerated by Kirkus; indeed, the notoriously critical journal gives her a STAR.It's for SMELLS LIKE DOG, out on May 1 from Little, Brown.In other news, she's hired an animator to create fun new home page for Smells Like Dog on her website.Here's that review. Congratulations, Suzanne!Starred... Continue Reading →
Meet Suzanne Selfors
She'll be at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park at 5:30 on Nov. 10, and she writes, "I'll be yapping away about my latest YA, Coffeehouse Angel, giving away some coffee mugs, and hoping someone shows up. You know how these things go. Always happy to stay and chat with SCBWI members about the... Continue Reading →
Good news for Suzanne Selfors
Scholastic Book Club has bought the non-exclusive book club rights to Coffeehouse Angel by Suzanne Selfors. The paperback will appear in book club flyers in January of 2010.