Ann Redisch Stampler's Blog

To celebrate HOW TO DISAPPEAR's new cover, there's a reveal and a giveaway on YA Books Central!

Soooo, if you'd like to receive an advance reader's copy and be one of the first people to read it, head over to YABC, scroll down, and enter!

http://www.yabookscentral.com/blog/it...

I'm beyond excited with this cover, and think it represents the book perfectly. I explain why over at YABC.

(The giveaway also includes finished copies of Where It Began & Afterparty, all in a midnight-blue Afterparty carry bag.)

Go win yourself some books!

Love,
Ann

Going through the editing and production process for a new book is a lot like having a present hidden away in a burlap bag. You're pretty sure you'll love it, but unfortunately, you can't open it, you can't even see it...for years.

This is how long I've been working on my new thriller, How to Disappear, which will be out in early summer, 2016.

But finally, while I still don't get to open the darned thing, it's out of the bag! And the wrapping is gorgeous!

I love the cover of How to Disappear, and I hope you will too. The reveal is on Teenreads, where you can also read an excerpt and win not only a copy of How to Disappear, but also Where It Began, Afterparty, and a very cute Afterparty tote bag.

You can see How to Disappear, read a bit of it, and win it, right here: http://http://www.teenreads.com/blog/...

I still have to wait for what seems like forever to crack open the book, but at least now I'll have company staring at the evocative image on the cover!

P.S. If anyone wants to help get the word out about the reveal and contest, here's a paste-friendly tweet: Check out the cover reveal for @annstampler's new thriller #HowToDisappear at @teenreads & win a copy here ow.ly/Rlo2V #giveaway

Hi All,

I'm not a huge fan of the strictly promotional blog post, but I'm making an exception because...Simon & Schuster has reduced the Kindle price of Afterparty by a whopping 80% to $1.99 until August 3rd. So if you've wanted to read Afterparty, but your budget is stretched, this is the moment!

I've been wanting to make this book more accessible, and I'm so grateful to S&S for going with #kindledeal.

Here's the link to Amazon.

http://amzn.to/1UZ2ZFq

Love,
Ann

It's been an exciting couple of weeks! First, my daughter's debut YA novel --"Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies" by Laura Stampler -- was announced in Publishers Weekly. Then, last week, my new YA thriller"How to Disappear" followed.

"How to Disappear" is the story of a girl on the run from a murder she witnessed -- or committed? -- and the boy who is blackmailed to track her.

I'll let Laura describe her own book, but just as a hint, "Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies" was pitched as "The Devil Wears Prada" meets "Sex and the City." I love it!

Both of our books are coming out with Simon Pulse in summer, 2016, and I couldn't be happier and or more excited. (Well, maybe I'd be more excited if I weren't committed to finishing up the final revisions on "How to Disappear" by May 11th...)

The second a book goes up on Goodreads, it begin to feel real. It's the beginning of the process of sharing the book with readers: revealing the cover, seeing the first few chapters appear online, tearing open an envelope containing the first advance reader copies, and interacting with readers.

I can't wait! And sharing the process with my fabulous daughter makes it even more special!

If you'd like to have an Afterparty tote bag, or Emma's ice blue nail polish, or Dylan's Kurt Cobain tee shirt, or Mara's orange bakelite bracelet and Felix the Cat ring, this would be your giveaway!

(There's also Emma's contraband make-up and a Kate Spade make-up bag to stash it in.)

Alethea at Read Now, Sleep Later is hosting an Afterparty blog tour and giveaway that kicks off today.

I hope that all my readers with excellent quirky taste will enter.

Here's where you go: http://www.readnowsleeplater.org/blog...

The lovely bloggers at Girls With Books are hosting an international giveaway of Afterparty!

There's also an author spotlight with a Q&A about writing and the book.

The drawing is in a few days, and you can enter here:

http://girlswithbook.blogspot.com/201...

Scroll down to reach the giveaway.

Good luck!

Ann

Hi all --

Just wanted to let you know that if you'd like to get a feel for Afterparty, you can read the first three chapters free on Scribd. Here's the link:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/183272047/A...

Enjoy!

Best,
Ann

If you’re already been on Goodreads’ AFTERPARTY page, this is going to be a restatement of the obvious, but to everyone who’s been checking out the WHERE IT BEGAN page, my next YA contemporary novel, AFTERPARTY, is coming out in January but….Simon Pulse is doing a giveaway of 3 advance copies!

So anyone who would like to win a copy of AFTERPARTY and read it months before it’s released, check it out!
Afterparty

Hi Goodreaders,

Afterparty will be released in 236 days and I'm obsessed! So I'm doing the first related giveaway to the first person who can guess (Afterparty hint #1) the names of a pair of male Bull Dogs who show up in the book. They're named after a famous pair of male buddies, on the order of Penn and Teller, or Butch and Sundance -- only not those guys, obviously!

The person who guesses first will get a signed mini-poster, and if I do say so myself, the cover is gorgeous!

If you'd like to check it out, come to http://www.annstampler.com/ya!

Hi YA Book Clubbers!

To celebrate Where It Began's release in paperback on 2/19, there's a KidsBuzz giveaway of several sets of up to 10 books to winning book clubs. It's very easy to enter; the book club coordinator follow the link below and sends and email.

Book club coordinators, if your group is in the U.S. and reads contemporary YA, I do hope you'll check it out and enter!

Please write "Goodreads" in the subject line.

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs...

All the best,

Ann