Several Happy News Items today:
HNI#1: The Girl of Fire and Thorns made the final ballot for the Andre Norton Award, which is voted on by SFWA along with the Nebulas. The community of science fiction and fantasy writers pretty much raised me from a pup. So, while it might be cheesy and cliché to say that this nomination means sooo much to me, it’s also true. It’s also an understatement.
Lots of great books on the ballot this year, and it’s amazing to see my book on a list alongside of them. In particular, I’m a big fan of Greg van Eekhout’s The Boy at the End of the World. (Seriously, read it.) And The Freedom Maze is on my nightstand right now! So many books, so little time… Click here to check out all the Norton and Nebula nominees.
HNI#2: The Girl of Fire and Thorns was also named to ALA’s Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults list for 2012. Click here to see all the books on the list.
HNI#3: I heard a rumor that ARCs for book 2, The Crown of Embers, are winging their way out into the world very, very soon.
HNI#4: I finished copyedits on The Crown of Embers. Hard to believe I’ll soon have TWO books published. 
That’s it for now. Hope everyone is triumphing over the cold dark of February. (Space heater, FTW!)
February 21st, 2012 at 1:34 am · Link
Lots and lots and lots of good news. How the heck are you going to follow it up tomorrow? ;-)
Was just telling Abby the news, and told her about the second book coming out in September. She says she can’t wait. :-)
February 26th, 2012 at 6:49 pm · Link
That’s awesome news! I just finished The Girl of Fire and Thorns this past week and loved it. It was such a refreshing read after so many vampire, witch, werewolf, and other miscellaneous paranormal reads. I can’t wait to read the next one in the series! I just wish it would come out soon.
February 1st, 2013 at 7:10 pm · Link
Rae Carson was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start author for Fall 2011. Her first novel, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, was a finalist for the Morris, Cybils, and Andre Norton Awards, and was named to ALA’s Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults list. The sequel, The Crown of Embers, will be released in September 2012.Rae lives in Ohio with her husband, novelist C.C. Finlay, two stepsons, and two very naughty kitties.
May 17th, 2013 at 1:01 pm · Link
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