As people snacked on Butter's signature homemade chocolates and sipped martinis at the bar, Melissa and I mingled and signed books.
Since the theme of my new book is gaming, I brought a bunch of fun kids' games to put on the tables for guests to play. People got really into it!
Socialite Mina Jacqueline Au and author of Schooled, Anisha Lakhani, play Connect Four.
Britney, Jacob, Benny and Chris play Hungry Hungry Hippos.
I was especially excited that my friend Diana Peterfreund (Secret Society Girl, Rampant) came up from DC for the night. I hadn't seen her in like forever, so it was great to catch up.
Liz Maverick with Diana.
Diana arrived accompanied by the amazing Scott Westerfeld and his wife author Justine Larbalestier and author Maureen Johnson.. I'm such a big fan of Scott's Uglies series and it was great to meet him in person at last. He was so nice and down to earth and approachable. And he told me he'd seen Gamer Girl all over the place while on his book tour. Yay!
Scott even gave us a sneak peak of the steampunk artwork of his upcoming novel Leviathon. OMG we are all in for a treat when this one comes out! I think we have to wait til 2010 though. :(
All in all it was a great night! Couldn't have asked for a better turn-out or a better party. Thanks to everyone who came out and partied with us! Also thanks to Clarins and Lierac for their gift bag donations and Butter for allowing us use of the space.
Marianne
1 comment:
Hi there!
My name is Kaylee. I am a college student who is helping to promote a new young adult fantasy book CREN AND THE WAR OF SEVEN DAYS. The author, Tavish Nanda, is only 17 years old!
Would you be willing to do a review?
Feel free to check out the book's website:
http://www.crenandthewarofsevendays.com
And here's the url for the e-book:
http://millcitypublishing.com/uploader/files/Rosey/0ebook-crenandwar.pdf
If you would like to do a review, please e-mail me at kkzukowski@students.nwc.edu
P.S. I hope you're not offended that I'm posting this. From one book lover to another, I very much like the concept of your book (I'm a huge manga nerd) and wanted to see if you would be interested. Cheers!
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