Did you know…
Did you know...Amanda's favorite color is Duke Blue?
Dance with danger…fall in love
Dear Reader,
If you love young adult mysteries with a hint of romance, you’ve come to the right place! My YA debut, Codename: Dancer, hit the shelves last spring! And I’m super excited, because it was nominated for a 2011 Cybil Award in the Young Adult Fiction category from the Children’s & Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards!
The sequel, Pointe of No Return, is currently in production and will be released on May 14, 2012 exclusively through Barnes & Noble, and everywhere else on June 13, 2012.
Coming in April 2012, you’ll be able to sample some of Amanda’s writing for FREE in the Eternal Spring anthology, alongside stories by some amazing YA authors.
NEWSFebruary 15, 2012: *The second book in the series, Pointe of No Return, has been selected by Barnes & Noble to be a Nook First Pick and will be released exclusively for the Nook on May 14, 2012. It will be launched at all other retailers starting on June 13, 2012. February 13, 2012: *Amanda has decided to write a third book in the series! Pas de Death is tentatively scheduled for release in Winter 2013. January 31, 2012: *Excited to announce that Amanda’s short story “Barre Hopping at Midnight” will be in the Eternal Spring anthology due out this April, along with stories by Tawney Stokes, Diana Peterfreund, Stephanie Dray, Juli Alexander, Rhonda Stapleton, Carey Corp, Leslie duBois, P.R. Mason, Renee Pace, Jennifer McAndrews, Alicia Street, and Lois Lavrisa. January 2, 2012: *Kick off the new year with Killer Fiction’s contest! Just leave a comment on any of the posts from January 2-January 15, and you’ll be entered to win your choice of a Kindle Fire or a Nook Color! PLUS, prizes awarded every day, including bookstore gift cards and free books! December 31, 2011: *Audio rights to Codename: Dancer sold to AudioLark publishing. Audiobook will be released on May 22, 2012, available through the publisher, Audible, iTunes, and Amazon! December 1, 2011: *Need to load up a new e-reader? Codename: Dancer is on sale for just 99 cents in digital format! Check out the Book Lovers Buffet for more great discounted e-books! November 10, 2011: *Romantic Times BOOKReviews magazine named Codename: Dancer a “Hot Pick” in the December 2011 issue! November 1, 2011: *Congrats to Kara J. of Basking Ridge, NJ. She won the Nutcracker tickets! October 24, 2011: *Join the YA Trick or Treat Trail! October 17, 2011: *CODENAME: DANCER has been named as a Cybil Award nominee! October 14, 2011: *Amanda will be speaking at the Teen Early Reads Launch Party at the Rockville Memorial Library in Rockville, MD, along with YA authors Diana Peterfreund, Alethea Kontis, Stephanie Dray, and editor Edmund Schubert! September 24, 2011: *Amanda will be speaking at the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) conference in Charlotte, NC! September 1, 2011: *Amanda will be speaking to the Teen Books Club at the Hilton Head Library in Hilton Head, SC! |
