One more day until SKINNED is officially out. (Though I hear plenty of rogue copies have already made their way into the wild, so you may very well be able to track one down.)

I am a basket case.

Going crazy with nerves. That's crazy like if you saw me on the street, you'd be well advised to run the other way. (Though hopefully you'd take pity on me and hand me a cupcake first.)  Crazy with a capital K.

As in kraaaaaaaaaazy.

But! Two pieces of good news are bobbing to the surface of my murky brain soup. (Isn't that an appetizing image? I told you: kraaaazy.)

GOOD NEWS #1: Contest winners! Thanks to everyone who entered the SKINNED giveaway.  I now have a long list of books that I need to read (as soon as I'm no longer tethered to my computer keyboard, that is). And congratulations to the two winners:

B., whose favorite book is Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott

Emily, whose favorite book is Old School, by Tobias Wolff

GOOD NEWS #2: The day after SKINNED makes its official debut, I'll be making my own, at a YA author reading at the New York Public Library.  I'll be reading from SKINNED, alongside a bunch of brilliant YA authors with new books you will love. So if you live in the NY area, you should come and cheer us on! 

Here's the info:

6 pm, Wednesday, September 10
NYPL, Jefferson Market Branch
425 Avenue of the Americas

Authors include:
Me!
Gordan Korman (The Juvie Three)
Beth Levine Ain (Revolution of the Sabine)
Melissa Walker (Violet in Private -- which just got mentioned on the Tyra Banks show!)
Emily Franklin (The Other Half of Me)
Moderated by David Levithan (whose new movie looks awesome)