SHADE — Jeri's debut teen novel, coming May 4, 2010!
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Love ties them together.
Death can't tear them apart.
Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend's life. She never thought it would be his last.
Logan's sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He's gone.
Well, sort of.
Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan’s violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost.
It doesn't help that Aura’s new friend Zachary is so understanding—and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit.
As Aura's relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura's heart…and clues to the secret of the Shift.
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SHADE is a hauntingly good story and an intriguing beginning to a new series. Jeri Smith-Ready proves again why she is one of my very favorite reads! — PC Cast, New York Times-bestselling author of the House of Night series
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November 2009 — SHADE series coming to audio!
Audible Books has bought the audio rights to Jeri’s young adult debut book, Shade, and its sequel Shift. Audible is the world’s largest publisher of downloadable books. The audio books will be distributed in physical copy (CDs) by Brilliance Audio.
October 30, 2009 — SHADE Prequel scene
As part of her Halloween and Homecoming Blogtoberfest, Jeri posts a special bonus prequel scene which takes place two weeks before the beginning of Shade.
October 1, 2009 — Blog-toberfest!
To celebrate her five-year blog anniversary and the not-so-far-off-anymore release of Shade, Jeri holds a blog party featuring 20+ authors of YA fiction. This keeps her very busy while waiting to hear important news that will hopefully appear here soon.
September 2009 — Class of 2K10
Since this is her first YA novel, Jeri was privileged to join the Class of 2K10, a group dedicated to introducing the world to a great bunch of debut authors of Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction. Check out Jeri's predecessors in the Classes of 2k7, 2k8, and 2k9.
August 2009 — Smart Chicks Kick It Tour
Jeri is invited to tour with mega-bestselling authors Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, and Alyson Noel. After passing out and then un-passing out, Jeri tells her agent, who says lots of stuff in all-caps.
Jeri will appear on two stops of the September 2010 tour, along with several other authors of teen paranormal fiction. Check out the Smart Chicks website for more details as they become available.
May 2009 — GENERATION GHOST becomes SHADE
Jeri puts forth some new title ideas to her editor, and lo and behold, they loved her favorite! It's official: Shade will be released in hardcover on May 4, 2010. Its sequel, Shift will follow a year later, along with the paperback version of Shade.
April 2009 — Foreign rights sold
Jeri gets two surprise phone calls from her agent in lovely Italy. At the Bologna Book Fair, German rights were sold to Bertelsmann; and Brazilian rights were sold to La Galera. Jeri is too busy jumping up and down to do an actual dance.
December 8, 2008 — YA Series goes to auction
Official Publisher’s Weekly announcement:
WICKED GAME and Aspect of Crow trilogy author Jeri Smith-Ready's first teen fiction GENERATION GHOST, following a 16 year-old girl on a quest to uncover why everyone her age and younger can see ghosts — and her struggle to cope with her boyfriend's passing when he haunts her regularly, to Annette Pollert at Simon Pulse, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Ginger Clark at Curtis Brown (World English).
After a nail-biting day, Jeri does the Snoopy Dance, then must wait over a month to officially announce it on her blog, where she writes a detailed post about the plot and characters.
