OC Book Fest: Rose Sees Red author Cecil Castellucci

Cecil Castellucci

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with  Cecil Castellucciat the recent OC Children's Book Fest.  She has written an article for the LA Times that highlights Young Adult books that prominently feature music.  You can read the article HERE.  Cecil worked at Epitaph Records in LA and it turns out we have mutual friends.  She knows what she is talking about when it comes to mixing music and the written word.

I bought Beige and have it on my nightstand to read soon.  I am reading her latest, Rose See Red and will be giving my ARC away on my Young Adult blog starting tomorrow.  Check back for a link.

Description

"Castellucci mixes details of the L.A. punk scene with memorable characters and witty dialogue...Consider this pure Nirvana." — Booklist

Exiled from Canada to Los Angeles, Katy can't believe she is spending the summer with her father—punk name: the Rat—a recovered addict and drummer for the band Suck. Even though Katy feels abandoned by her mom, even though the Rat's place is a mess and he's not like anything she'd call a father, Kathy won't make a fuss. After all, she is a girl who is quiet and polite, a girl who smiles, a girl who is, well, beige. Or is she? From the author of BOY PROOF and THE QUEEN OF COOL comes an edgy L.A. novel full of humor, heart, and music.

About the Author

Cecil Castellucci is an author, filmmaker, actress, and singer-songwriter. She says, "When I first moved to Los Angeles from Montreal, I wrote in a café owned by Eric Melvin from NOFX, had Thanksgiving dinner with Tim Armstrong from Rancid, and had my taxes done by a guy who was in the Circle Jerks. Everyone was So-Cal Punk crazy and I felt so . . . beige. I wondered what it would be like to grow up around adults that cool, especially if you were plopped into that scene when it wasn’t yours." She lives in Los Angeles.

Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick; Reprint edition (March 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763642320
• ISBN-13: 978-0763642327

OC Book Fest: Fallen and Torment author Lauren Kate

Lauren Kate was the true rock star of the day.  She had the longest lines for autographs.  I could only get out that I thought her books were fabulous.  I was tongue tied.  She did tell me that there is a book 4 coming!  YAY!  She also had on some killer boots.  You can read my review by clicking on the GoodReads widget on the right side of the blog.

OC Book Fest: School of Fear author Gitty Daneshveri

Gitty Daneshveri is the author of a new series called School of Fear.  She talked me right into buying the first in the series and I had her sign it so when I have read it, I will give it away to one lucky reader.

I loved books like this!  She wrote the series based on her own childhood fears that started with spiders.  She recounted how she sprayed Raid in a series of patterns through out her bedroom to protect her from them.  She said it got so bad that she was spraying Raid in her hair which then started to fall out.

Description

Everyone is afraid of something...

Madeleine Masterson is deathly afraid of bugs, especially spiders.

Theodore Bartholomew is petrified of dying.

Lulu Punchalower is scared of confined spaces.

Garrison Feldman is terrified of deep water.

With very few options left, the parents of these four twelve year-olds send them to the highly elusive and exclusive School of Fear to help them overcome their phobias. But when their peculiar teacher, Mrs. Wellington, and her unconventional teaching methods turn out to be more frightening than even their fears, the foursome realize that this just may be the scariest summer of their lives.

About the Author

Former Contrafilms Director of Development, Gitty Daneshvari is the author of the adult novel The Makedown. This is Gitty's debut children's book, and it was inspired by her many childhood fears. She hoped that one day they'd help her, and, as it turns out, they did. She lives in New York.

Carrie Gifford spent many years teaching and directing children's theater before starting Red Cap Cards with her husband. Her signature pencil-and-ink style is inspired by her childhood memories. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (September 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 031603326X
• ISBN-13: 978-0316033268

Signed copy of HUSH, HUSH and CRESCENDO (arc) by BECCA FITZPATRICK

I adored Hush, Hush and I just finished Crescendo.  I was lucky enough to attend the Orange County Book Fest last Sunday and had Becca Fitzpatrick sign my Hardback copy and my ARC to give away on my blog.  I will have a review of Crescendo (even better than Hush, Hush) up soon.  This series would make a wonderful movie! 

 

Becca Fitzpatrick at the OC BookFest on October 3, 2010

Here are some of the things Becca talked about there:

The third book, Tempest, will be out next year.

She doesn't like roller coasters -- they make her nervous and throw up.

Her favorite color is red. 

Her favorite authors are Sandra Brown and Diana Gabaldon.

Her favorite young adult author is Lauri Halsi Anderson.

She makes up stories for her children. (I hope she writes those down!)

She writes every night from 7 to 9:30 after her children are asleep.

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