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		<title>Norton nomination and BFYA Top Ten</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2012/02/20/norton-nomination-and-bfya-top-ten/</link>
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		<title>GIVEAWAY!&#8211;Above World by Jenn Reese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**Update 1/28/2011** Congrats to our winner, Mary Virginia! Thanks to everyone for your great comments. I read every single one, and I can&#8217;t wait to dive into some of these wonderful reads. &#160; I&#8217;m very excited to be able to share an Advance Readers Copy of the amazing Above World by Jenn Reese. From the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2012/01/25/giveaway-above-world-by-jenn-reese/</link>
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		<title>The Girl of Fire &amp; Thorns now available in Turkey!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; YAY!! The Turkish edition of my book, called Ateş ve Diken, is now out in the world. Look at this gorgeous cover! Soooo interesting to see how different cultures/languages interpret and market the book. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2012/01/14/the-girl-of-fire-thorns-now-available-in-turkey/</link>
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		<title>Weighing in on Weight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My essay on weight and body image&#8211;as it pertains both to my own life and to The Girl of Fire and Thorns&#8211;is up on the Greenwillow blog. I admit, I was nervous to write this, and it&#8217;s possible I have overshared! But thanks to everyone who has supported me, especially my amazing publisher for giving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2012/01/04/weighing-in-on-weight/</link>
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		<title>Cybils Award Nomination!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Holy wow. The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a 2011 Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction. This award is administered by children&#8217;s book bloggers and seeks to marry critical merit with audience appeal. I couldn&#8217;t be more pleased. Huge thanks to all the committee members&#8211;the amount of work they do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2012/01/02/227/</link>
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		<title>The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a Morris Award Finalist!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m absolutely thrilled to say that The Girl of Fire and Thorns is one of five William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalists. This award is administered by the American Library Association, and &#8221;honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.&#8221; If you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2011/12/10/the-girl-of-fire-and-thorns-is-a-morris-award-finalist/</link>
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		<title>International Giveaway!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alyssa is our winner! Congrats, Alyssa. Hope you enjoy these books as much as I did. ***Comments are now closed! Winner to be announced soon.*** It’s international giveaway time! I was lucky enough to get my hands on ARCs for Rae’s Most Anticipated HarperCollins Winter 2012 Reads™. There are other great reads I’m excited about, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2011/12/03/international-giveaway/</link>
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		<title>Semi-regular updatery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a very busy 2011! This is what I&#8217;ve done: 1) I wrote a book! I&#8217;m currently working with my editor to put the finishing touches on The Crown of Embers, a sequel to The Girl of Fire and Thorns which will be released in Fall of 2012. 2) I bought a house! Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2011/12/02/semi-regular-updatery/</link>
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		<title>Unofficial Trailer for The Girl of Fire &amp; Thorns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edited to add: I was absolutely remiss and thoughtless in not thanking Heidi Bennett of The Readiacs and Twilight fandom. Heidi was the one who pointed The Hillywood Show in the direction of my book, worked with them to make it happen, and arranged to surprise me. She is a passionate reader who has helped out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2011/11/30/unofficial-trailer-for-the-girl-of-fire-thorns/</link>
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		<title>A Liberal, Feminist Beauty Queen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I guest-blog over at Greenwillow and confess to my sordid pageant past. Crown-and-gown photos forthcoming! Click here to read: A Liberal, Feminist Beauty Queen]]></description>
		<link>http://www.raecarson.com/2011/10/11/a-liberal-feminist-beauty-queen/</link>
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