Today, we have a different sort of Take Five interview for you, as one of our contributors has just begun a Kickstarter campaign in an attempt to bring to market a game for the literary minded. Please read on to learn more about Ray Rhamey’s new endeavor, and be sure to watch the fun video [...]

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Kath and Therese stepping in with a special introduction. As you know, Take 5 interviews at Writer Unboxed are generally dignified affairs, allowing authors to reveal details of their latest novel–the backstory, inspirations and writing process–via five pithy questions. We are proud that T5′s have become something of a classic. When we send T5 questions [...]

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John Vorhaus is releasing the third Radar Hoverlander novel, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! THE TEXAS TWIST is out now, and the latest installment in Radar’s adventures looks to be as hilarious and addictive as John’s first two novels in the series, The California Roll and The Albuquerque Turkey. From the flap: WORLD-CLASS CON ARTIST RADAR [...]

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Erika Robuck’s novel HEMINGWAY’S GIRL (NAL/Penguin) was selected as a Target Emerging Author pick, a Vero Beach Bestseller, and has been sold in two foreign markets to date. Her new novel, CALL ME ZELDA (NAL/Penguin), published on May 7, 2013, and looks to be another successful blend of history, mystery and compelling prose. The book begins [...]

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This past month, Kitty Bennet’s Diary, the third book in my Pride and Prejudice Chronicles, released. Thanks so much to everyone here at WU for letting me share a bit about the book here! Q: What’s the premise of your novel?  Kitty Bennet’s Diary is the third of my diary-format imagined sequels to Jane Austen’s [...]

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Bestselling fantasy author and valued WU contributor Juliet Marillier’s latest release, Prickle Moon, is garnering big buzz and advanced praise. Prickle Moon is an anthology of Juliet’s short fiction, including some new stories. Magical, diverse, hopeful tales: Juliet Marillier’s “Prickle Moon” delivers masterly storytelling by a master storyteller. ~Gemmell Morningstar Award winner, Helen Lowe. She [...]

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It’s here! The second book in WU contributor Anne Greenwood Brown‘s bestselling YA series, DEEP BETRAYAL (Delacorte), released March 12, and it has all the elements that made her first book LIES BENEATH so compelling: conflicted characters, high stakes, nail-biting tension, and a paranormal slant. From the flap: It’s been thirty days, two hours, and seventeen minutes [...]

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January 1st marks the official release day for Sophie Masson‘s latest YA novel published in Australia, The Romance Diaries: Ruby (ABC Books, Harper Collins, available both as paperback and e-book). We’re so pleased she’s with us today to tell us a little more about it, and give us some extra inside scoop, following our Take [...]

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Therese here. It is my privilege to tell you about WU contributor Juliet Marillier‘s latest book release–another in her mega-popular Sevenwaters series–called Flame of Sevenwaters. If you’ve never read one of Juliet’s books, please do yourself a favor and pick up one or half a dozen of them ASAP. Juliet is a beautiful wordsmith and [...]

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Therese here. It might be argued that every good literary agent knows a thing or two about story. But having authored several must-have books on the craft of writing–including The Fire in Fiction, The Breakout Novelist, and the book that busted many a writer out of the box, Writing the Breakout Novel–we think it’s an indelible truth [...]

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Kath here again! Bestselling author and valued contributor Barbara O’Neal’s latest novel The Garden of Happy Endings, has released today, and we’re thrilled to be able to have her share her writer’s journey with us. Kirkus calls it a warm romance “about the healing powers of nature, love and community.” Fans of Barbara’s writing know that [...]

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Kath here. We’re so pleased to share the news that valued contributor M.J. Rose’s latest book, The Book of Lost Fragrances, has released! When Therese and I met with M.J. last summer in NYC, she was deep in the throes of writing — and as soon as she described the premise to us, I knew [...]

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