now you see her...
Bestselling author of historical fiction including THE ARCTIC FURY and the Five Queendoms epic fantasy series (SCORPICA, ARCA).
Happy Friday! Almost done with this leg of my book tour, and looking forward to heading home soon. Life on the road is exhausting. But I perked right up when I got this great news -- Bookish has included GIRL IN DISGUISE as one of its recommendations to readers for Best Book Club Picks for March! Great company here, too.
Wrote a little something for Fresh Fiction about Kate Warne -- who she was and why she matters and why I wanted to tell her story.
So if you haven't met Kate, do it here!
(And enter to win a copy of GIRL IN DISGUISE while you're at it!)
When the very first advance copies of my debut novel THE MAGICIAN'S LIE were set to be distributed at Book Expo way back in 2014, the very first interview I gave was for the Publishers Weekly Show Daily. I paced my Brooklyn apartment, clutching my phone to my ear, oh so nervous -- but Claire Kirch quickly put me at ease and we had a great talk. So I was absolutely thrilled to speak with her again about GIRL IN DISGUISE, which she highlighted in PW as one of her favorite books of last year (those in the business get their copies early!) and called "historical fiction at its best."
OK, I had honestly forgotten that not all the trade reviews were in yet, and I was just settling in at my first book tour hotel (outside Minneapolis) when I got an email from my publicist with fabulous news. All book tours should start with news this good.
Here are a couple of highlights: "Macallister follows up The Magician’s Lie with another stellar historical novel featuring a fierce female lead....From Chicago’s mean streets to the battle lines of the Civil War, Kate’s dangerous journey is a never-ending thrill ride. Macallister’s masterly storytelling brings her characters to life, and the skillfully handled suspense never wavers."
You can find the full review here. So thrilled! Thank you, librarians!
Pleased as punch to announce that GIRL IN DISGUISE has been named to the April Indie Next list by independent booksellers around the country! I am so lucky and honored to have the support of these brilliant, fierce advocates for the written word. As I ALL-CAPSd about it on Facebook, THANK YOU INDIE BOOKSELLERS YOU ROCK THE MOST.
It's March! GIRL IN DISGUISE is coming out THIS MONTH! And giveaway season seems to be kicking into high gear. Here's a roundup of the ones I know about happening right this minute:
Good luck!
(And a reminder that if you pre-order, Sourcebooks has this cool thing going on)
Yikes yikes yikes. It is February 21 and that means it's almost March 21 and that means GIRL IN DISGUISE is almost here. It has trade reviews and Goodreads reviews and even an Amazon review (I guess it's in the Vine program! Surprise!) and the finished copies are on their way to my house and I leave on tour, like, next week.
So I'm a little stressed out, you could say? But super-excited to share this new book with readers.
If you're excited too, here are a few things to look at or do:
- check my Events page to see if I'm headed your way
- pre-order the book and get rewards and prizes from Sourcebooks
- follow me on Twitter or friend me on Facebook for regular updates
- ask your local library or bookstore to order/stock GIRL IN DISGUISE
- sign up for my newsletter
- tell your friends!
The fabulous team at Sourcebooks has put together a super-fun giveaway for GIRL IN DISGUISE. All you have to do is pre-order the novel from any source, and then fill out this simple Google form. You'll get a signed bookplate and poster, and you'll also be entered to win the grand prize, which includes a book bundle of novels about bad-ass women of history, plus some other fun stuff. Check it out! Good through March 20.
What can I say about this list of awesome places I get to go with GIRL IN DISGUISE in March and April? It's not complete yet (even more fun things are in the works) and yet it's kind of overwhelming. But the prospect of meeting readers from Alabama to Wisconsin is so exciting! Packing my bag with Kind bars, optimism and several fine-point black Sharpies (I always forget the pens and it's pretty hard to sign books without them.)
Click over to the Events page for details on stores, fellow author co-stars, and more.
We always exhale when an industry review comes in, and none more than Kirkus, which has a reputation for being critical. So when I found out they liked GIRL IN DISGUISE, I was pretty thrilled! I won't link to the review because it's jam-packed with spoilers, but here's the upshot, which I love: "A celebration of a singular woman's life that's guided by facts but features some inviting imaginings." Yay!