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Random Book Talk Video Interview

LaurenK — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:02:47 +0000

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Tour of the Passion Tour

LaurenK — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:53:28 +0000

I had the most amazing time last week on the US Passion tour. A huge, impassioned thanks to all of you who came out to the events in SF, Atlanta, Miami and Dallas. You drove from other states, through crazy weather, carting your whole families with you. You shared fascinating, poignant, and funny stories with me about your lives and your relationships to the Fallen books. You even got me to do the Time Warp (see below). I ended the tour feeling happy, lucky, and grateful to have such wonderful support from so many readers. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

If I missed your city this time, I wish I could have gotten everywhere to meet you all. I hope I’ll be somewhere closer to you in the near future.

If I’m heading your way in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Cebu, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, or Auckland–I can’t wait to see you and share Passion with you. See you soon!

First stop at Keplers in Menlo Park, CA. A great kickoff to the tour.

The crowd at Barnes and Noble in Alpharetta, GA. They got soaked in a summer storm but still made it out!

The very lively crowd at Books and Books in Coral Gables

What's Miami without a little beach action?

The long line at the Southlake, TX signing. Thanks for waiting in it, y'all!

I had the most amazing time last week on the US Passion tour. A huge, impassioned thanks to all of you who came out to the events in SF, Atlanta, Miami and Dallas. You drove from other states, through crazy weather, carting your whole families with you. You shared fascinating, poignant, and funny stories with me about your lives and your relationships to the Fallen books. I ended the tour feeling happy, lucky, and grateful to have such wonderful support from so many readers. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

If I missed your city this time, I wish I could have gotten everywhere to meet you all. I hope I’ll be somewhere closer to you in the near future.

If I’m heading your way in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Cebu, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, or Auckland–I can’t wait to see you and share Passion with you. See you soon!

A Video Interview from the Elf Fantasy Fair in Holland

LaurenK — Mon, 02 May 2011 17:44:30 +0000

Here’s a clip (and a few photos) from a recent interview I did with Rosan from Ondertussen while at the Elf Fantasy Fair in Holland last month. It was a magical trip.

Get Ready Philippines

LaurenK — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:16:37 +0000

My lovely UK tour

LaurenK — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:57:57 +0000

I just got back from a terrific tour of the UK, making stops in London, Manchester, Bury, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, and Birmingham, and talking up Torment to tons of bloggers, librarians, teachers, booksellers, and lots and lots of readers. I met all the wonderful people who are publishing my books in the UK and even got to attend the 4th annual Eternal Twilight Convention It was a blast.

See?

Blogger bonding! We met a pub called the Angelic.

Cutting a Torment cake at the Random House offices. And yes, those are a thousand signed Torments behind me.

Taking question at a Bury high school.

When in England, one must visit Selfridges

A few days holiday in Aberdeen was the perfect end to the tour.

Thanks to everyone who came out to see me on the road. It was wonderful to meet you, to hear what you love about the books, and please know I’ll keep your questions and comments in mind as I get to work revising Passion.

Stay tuned for more details about my upcoming trip to the Philippines, So Cal tour dates, and future stops across the south!

Snaps from the Torment Tour

LaurenK — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:42:05 +0000

‘At Keplers in Menlo Park, CA

Jackson HS in Washington State--and Torment art!

Great crowd at B&N in Portland

Living it up in Memphis

Such a thrill to meet fav author Louis Sachar in Nashville

Posing with the wonderful staff at Chicago's Schaumburg Borders on the last night of the tour.

At the end of it all, I still have to wonder: Team Cam or Team Daniel?

Nine cities, three weeks, hundreds and hundreds of signed books, and way too many incredible connections with readers to even try to count. Coming home from my tour across the US, I’m grateful, humbled, thrilled, and excited about how many people I got to meet who have been touched in some way by the Fallen books. Huge thanks to everyone who turned out to spend an evening with me (and Luce! and Daniel!) These pictures are a glimpse but they cover only about 1% of the incredible time I had on the Torment Tour.

Happily, it isn’t over yet. Tomorrow I leave for the UK and am so excited to meet readers all over Great Britain. To prepare for the journey across the pond, Jason and I are going to see the Merry Wives of Windsor tonight, performed by a traveling company from London’s Globe Theatre. More pics, stories, and (jet-lagged) reflections soon!

Come Visit Me on Tour!

LaurenK — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:24:16 +0000

Torment Tour USA Dates and Store Addresses:

TORMENT TOUR:

San Francisco:

Tuesday, September 28th–Barnes & Noble, El Cerrito, CA at 6:30 PM

(6050 El Cerrito Place)

Wednesday, September 29th–Kepler’s, 7pm

(1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA)

Seattle:
Thursday, September 30th–University Bookstore in Mill Creek at 6:30 PM

(15311 Main Street, Mill Creek, WA)
Friday, October 1st–Borders in Redmond, WA at 7pm

(16549 N.E. 74^th St. Redmond, WA)

Portland:
Saturday, October 2nd–Powell’s in Cedar Hills at 2:00 PM

(3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton OR)

AND Barnes & Noble in Clackamas, OR at 7:00 PM

(12000 SE 82^nd Avenue, Portland, OR)

Orange County, CA:

Sunday, October 3rd–Orange County Book Festival at 11:00 AM

(2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA)

Atlanta:

Monday, October 4th–Barnes & Noble in Alpharetta, GA at 7:00 PM

(Mansell Crossings Shopping Center)

Tuesday, October 5th–Books-A-Million in Discover Mills at 7:00 PM

(5900 Sugarloaf Pkwy #321, Lawrenceville, GA)

Memphis:

Wednesday, October 6th–Davis-Kidd at 6:00 PM

(387 Perkins Road Ext, Memphis, TN)

Thursday, October 7th–Barnes and Noble at 7:00 PM

(2774 N Germantown Pkwy, Memphis, TN)

Nashville:

Friday, October 8th–Davis-Kidd at 4:00 PM

(212 Green Hills Village Drive, Nashville, TN)

Saturday, October 9th–Southern Festival of Books

(War Memorial Plaza, Nashville, TN)

New York:

Monday, October 11th–Barnes & Noble in Carle Place, NY at 7:00 PM

(91 Old Country Road, Carle Place, NY)

Tuesday, October 12th–Borders in Westbury, NY at 7:00 PM

(1260 Old Country Road, Westbury, NY)

Chicago:

Wednesday, October 13th–Anderson’s in Naperville, IL at 7:00 PM

(123 West Jefferson Avenue, Naperville IL)

Thursday, October 14th–Borders in Schaumburg, IL at 7:00 PM

(1540 Golf Road Schaumburg, IL 60173)

Berlin!

LaurenK — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:31:42 +0000

Last week, Jason and I took an unforgettable trip to Berlin to celebrate the 175th anniversary of my publisher’s parent company, Bertelsmann.

The view from our hotel room

First night at the Brandenburg Gates

I had not lived until I feasted on this hotel brunch

Jason's and my feet straddling the former division between East and West Berlin.

The week was packed with meetings, parties, photo shoots, and one very fancy gala at the Konzerthaus. It was the place to be in Berlin that night and everyone from Chancellor Merkel to Leona Lewis was there.

We are so ready for the red carpet.

Christopher Paolini gets interviewed on the jumbotron and convinces me that he should run for office.

Markus, the head of Random House, bids us farewell after the gala.

It was my first time in Germany, and I loved it–especially getting to hang with my fantastic new writer pals, Christopher Paolini, Markus Zusak, and John Stephens (whose first book The Emerald Atlas is going to rock the world next year).

Me, Christopher Paolini, Markus Dohle of Random House, John Stephens, Markus Zusak

Swanky chauffeur Gordon takes us to a nightclub.

Jason and I get down to some house music at the Felix Club. The DJ was from Atlanta!

And on the way home from Germany, we got to stop in Dallas to celebrate my mom’s 60th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Mom. If your cake is any indication, it's going to be a sweet year.

It was a great kick off to my season of travel this fall and now I’m so excited to hit the road next week for TOuRMENT.

Comic Con

LaurenK — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:04:37 +0000

My first trip to Comic Con was a great time this weekend. I did a few video interviews that will be available on youtube very shortly. I got to sit on a Bite Me panel with six other fantasy writers, where we spoke to around 350 Comic Conners about everything from demented unicorns, to how we do our research, to whether or not proper vampires have fangs.

I had a really nice signing after the panel:

I saw some amazing costumes, including a few that I was too stunned by to even photograph. One was made of only a strap of red patent leather fabric about an inch thick.

And after the con, we had a great time in San Diego. We stayed near Ocean Beach and walked all around the neighborhood, eating many fish tacos and watching Milo take his first brave dip in the ocean.

Great weekend! Now it’s back to writing PASSION….

Book Expo America 2010

LaurenK — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:02:38 +0000

I went to New York last week for BEA, which, for those of you who don’t know, is a huge book expo held every May to showcase books coming out in the fall. I’ve been a couple times before back when I worked as an editor, and it’s always a whirlwind of book signings, banquets, award ceremonies, and lots of oogling upcoming releases. There is much to get excited about and so much swag to snag. From my own stash, I’m most excited to dig into Lauren Oliver’s Delirium and Jennifer Donnelly’s Revolution. People bring extra suitcases to schlep back all the ARCs and books they take home. I once saw a woman wielding one of those Costco-sized grocery carts.

At my signing. Thanks, Lacey, for the pic.

This year, being on the author side was so much fun. I loved spending time with my team at Delacorte and loooved hearing all about their brilliant plans for Torment’s release in a few months. I got to meet my British, Australian, and even Croatian publishers and talk about plans to visit both the UK and Australia/New Zealand over the next year. I got to see Susanne Collins accept an award from the American Booksellers Association—and had to hold myself back from tackling her and telling her how much I love her books. I sat down with my agents to talk about plans for the next book after Torment (hard to believe I’ll start writing that in a few weeks!).

I even did a literary “speed-dating” event. Now, I’ve proctored speed-dating events during my days as a waitress and, at least at the restaurant where I worked, speed-dating usually shook out to be a bunch of pretty ladies showing up to meet a bunch of not so pretty dudes and everyone went home looking lonely. Not the case at BEA! Our speed-dating meant that I sat at a table with my lovely editor, Wendy, and every three minutes, a new group of independent booksellers and librarians would come over for a chat. In an hour and a half, I got the chance to talk to about a hundred and fifty people. My head was sort of spinning and my jaw hurt from smiling, but it was an incredible feeling. I reconnected with a few booksellers that I met on tour for Fallen last year, but I also got to chat with so many booksellers from places I have never been—and now hope to be able to visit their stores.

The trip was as rejuvenating as it was exhausting. I’m back home now feeling ready to write and even more excited to hit the road in September for the Torment tour. Details to come on dates and places for that tour, so check back in a few weeks.

And, oh yeah, I won an award! (Hard to photograph, but very exciting.)