Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This tri-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors...and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize--one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours!




Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are TWO contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am a part of the RED TEAM--but there is also a blue team for a chance to win a whole different set of twenty-five signed books!



If you'd like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt homepage.


SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLEDirections: Below, you'll notice that I've listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the RED TEAM, and then add them up (don't worry, you can use a calculator!).Entry Form: Once you've added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify.Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian's permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by APRIL 7, 2013, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.
SCAVENGER HUNT POST

Today, I am hosting Suzanne Lazear on my website for the YA Scavenger Hunt! Suzanne Lazear is the author of “The Aether Chronicles,” a steampunk dark fairytale series for young adults. Book one, INNOCENT DARKNESS, is out now from Flux. Book two, CHARMED VENGEANCE, releases 8-8-13. Visit the series site at www.aetherchronicles.com
Find out more information by checking out the author website or find more about the author's book here!
EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

About CHARMED VENGEANCE: "In the Faerie realm, Noli Braddock's relationship with her best friend V has grown into something more. But V's mother, Faerie Queen Tiana, has ruled that they are forbidden to see each other. Returning to the mortal realm, Noli joins the crew of her brother's air-pirate ship, the Vixen's Revenge. There she discovers that her brother has hired the scallywag Faerie huntsman, Kevighn Silver. While serving as shipmates, Kevighn and Noli learn that the Earth Court King plans to find a forbidden artifact--one that will bring destruction to everyone Noli loves."
Here's a note and a fun video from Suzanne Lazear!
I love music. I’m a classically trained musician. Even my characters tend to be musicians. (Noli plays the piano a little, like a proper Victorian girl.) I love to listen to music while I write and make playlists. (I also can’t sing)

Here’s the in-progress playlist I’ve made for CHARMED VENGEANCE. Can you guess what songs are about what characters?

1)  Stone Sour—Through Glass
2)  Blink 182—After Midnight
3)  Boxcar Racer—I Feel So
4)  Fuel—Hemorrhage (In My Hands)
5)  Of Monsters and Men—Little Talks
6)  Emilie Autumn—Opheliac
7)  Florence + The Machine –Shake it Out
8)  Fun—Some Nights
9)  Mumford and Sons—Little Lion Man
10) Simple Plan—I’d Do Anything
11) Hoobastank –The Reason
12) Blink 182—Not Now
13) Mumford and Sons—I Will Wait

And, by special request, this is what I learned on my spring break. (Warning, I can’t sing):




Okay, now don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win a ton of signed books by me, Mindi Scott, and more! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is 11. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on the the RED TEAM and you'll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!

CONTINUE THE HUNT
To keep going on your quest for the hunt, you need to check out the next author!

LINK TO THE NEXT BLOG


But wait! Before you go, I'm also giving away two sets of each of my books. This means that two entrants will each receive a copy of FREEFALL and a copy of LIVE THROUGH THIS. I'm not able to embed the form on this site (curses!), so please CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE FORM TO ENTER TO WIN FREEFALL & LIVE THROUGH THIS (P.S. This giveaway is international)