now you see her...
Bestselling author of historical fiction including THE ARCTIC FURY and the Five Queendoms epic fantasy series (SCORPICA, ARCA).
Are you a reader? You're eligible to vote for OverDrive's next Big Library Read! And you can imagine how thrilled I was to see GIRL IN DISGUISE on the short list of nominees.
Voting ends soon -- Thursday, April 27 -- so get those votes in now! You can vote for up to three options, so if you loved several books on the list, let 'em know.
Vote at this link -- and thanks!
Just a quick note on a Sunday to say this: it happens to be Shakespeare's birthday, and I contributed a little something to this feature on Books That Shook Us about fierce heroines from Shakespeare and what we love about them. I am a Beatrice (Much Ado) fan from way back, so of course I chose her. She's witty and flawed and she loves with a grown-up love... well, read it and you'll see.
Where did the time go? It's already April 21, which means that GIRL IN DISGUISE has been out in the world for exactly a month. It's been a whirlwind, to be sure, and I can't possibly sum it all up in its entirety here. But I can give you a few highlights, and thank readers profusely -- thank you, thank you, thank you! -- for giving Kate Warne's story such a warm welcome.
A few link-y highlights:
And then this, always this: while in Chicago, I spent some time at Graceland Cemetery, paying my respects to Kate, who is buried in the Pinkerton family plot. The big obelisk here is Allan Pinkerton's, and off to the far right you see three tall tombstones: a generic "employees of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency" stone, one for Timothy Webster (an obvious inspiration for Tim Bellamy in GIRL) and one for Kate.
Her name is misspelled on her stone as Kate Warn. I couldn't help correcting it, if only temporarily.
Ahhhh, the comforts of home. (But ohhhh, the laundry.) After another whirlwind week on the road -- flying and driving and talking and signing in five states this time! -- I'm back safe at home and hunkering down again. For at least a little while, my interactions with readers will all be virtual. Which I enjoy almost as much as the in-person ones, so don't be a stranger! You can find me on Instagram, Twitter and Litsy as @theladygreer and on Facebook under Greer Macallister.
And here's one of my favorite book tour photos: beautiful heaps of signed copies of GIRL IN DISGUISE waiting for readers to come and get 'em.
As of this writing, you can buy signed first edition hardcovers of GIRL IN DISGUISE at the following stores. Buy all you want, I'll sign more!
(it occurs to me I have been a LOT of places in the past six weeks and perhaps I could use some sleep now)
I've been enjoying Instagram more and more lately. This week I even Instagrammed a picture of a quinoa bowl. Who have I become?? In any case, if you're not following me there at @theladygreer, now's a great time to start -- I'm running a giveaway for one copy of the new UK release of THE MAGICIAN'S LIE and one of GIRL IN DISGUISE. Follow me on Instagram and comment on the contest post to enter! And you can get an extra entry by tagging a friend.
I'm on the road again! This week it's my Midwest barnstorming leg of the GIRL IN DISGUISE tour, with stops in St. Louis/St. Charles MO (tonight!), followed by Decorah, Iowa; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. Thrilled to be back on home ground, and excited to have the chance to pay my respects to Kate Warne, who is buried in the Pinkerton family plot in Chicago. It's going to be a heck of a week, and I hope to see you there! Details on my Events page, as always.
(Won't make it to Michigan this time, but wearing my Michigan pin just because!)
It's no secret that I love independent booksellers everywhere, but having been raised in small-town Iowa, the Midwest is dear to my heart. And I'm incredibly pleased to see that GIRL IN DISGUISE has been honored by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA) as a Midwest Connections Pick for April!
THE MAGICIAN'S LIE was similarly honored and it made a big difference in getting that book in front of Midwestern readers. Hoping we see the same results with this one.
Thanks, MIBA!
You can see all four April picks on the MIBA site.
Positive reviews obviously put a smile on my face, and this one from BookPage made me smile all day long! They call the novel "vastly entertaining" (yay!) and "an enormous amount of fun" (double yay!) and do a fabulous job describing the book without giving too much away -- a rather challenging art.
I know I've been talking a lot about GIRL IN DISGUISE lately, since it's my new US release, but today I want to bring some attention to THE MAGICIAN'S LIE! Why? Because Legend Press is launching an absolutely gorgeous hardcover edition of TML today in the UK. I'm so excited that UK readers will finally have Arden's story on their shelves. I would absolutely love to see a photo of someone reading it on the Tube, but in the meantime, I feel welcomed to Britain by a reviewer who referred to an unpleasant character in the book as "a right piece of work."
Enjoy, UK readers!
Kate Moore's stunning nonfiction book The Radium Girls is forthcoming from Sourcebooks in May 2017. I nabbed an early copy, so I don't have to wait to read it, and you might not either! I'm recommending The Radium Girls for #womenshistoryreads and giving away a copy to one lucky reader. See below for the details on entering -- you have until April 10. Good luck!