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Next appearance: Balticon, Hunt Valley, MD, May 22-24
Jeri will appear on panels, sign books, and do readings from a few of her works at one of the country's best regional science fiction/fantasy conventions. Guests of Honor include author Charles Stross and artist Kurt Miller. Jeri's daily schedule.
March 2009 — WVMP lives!
Pocket Books has bought two more books in the Ciara Griffin/WVMP Radio urban fantasy series, bringing the total to four. Book 3 (as yet untitled) will appear in 2010. Stay tuned for more details.
January 2009 — YA series coming in 2010
Jeri sold a young adult urban fantasy series in a two-book deal to Simon Pulse. The first book, Shade, will appear May 15, 2010, and the second, Shift, in 2011. For more details on the plot and characters, check out this blog post.
Free WICKED GAME tie-in short stories
The first three “DJ turning stories” are now available, “Crossroads” by Monroe Jefferson, “Rave On” by Spencer Wallace, and "When the Music's Over" by James Esposito, Jr.. Shane’s story will appear here in April 2009, and Noah’s and Regina’s will appear later in the year. For a week’s sneak preview of each story, sign up for Jeri’s newsletter.
November 2008 — Full Aspect of Crow series now available as e-books
Save a tree and days of waiting for delivery! Eyes of Crow, Voice of Crow, and The Reawakened can now be found wherever e-books are sold (click these links to go to the best place, Mysterious Galaxy). They are also available in the new Kindle book format from Amazon.
May 2008 — Announcing the launch of WVMPradio.com
Visit the website for the fictional radio station depicted in Wicked Game. Learn more about the vampire DJs and hear their playlists, or get yourself some sweet WVMP Lifeblood of Rock 'n' Roll swag!
May 2008 — WICKED GAME music now available!
Listen to the songs featured in the novel, including the playlist “soundtrack” and the chapter title songs. Featuring Skip James, Elvis, The Byrds, Bob Marley, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nirvana, The Killers, and lots, lots more!
April 2007 — Eyes of Crow wins Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award
Eyes of Crow brought home the award for Best Fantasy Novel at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Houston. The awards were given at a luncheon sponsored by the magazine.
November 2006 — Pocket Buys Vampire Series!
Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, has bought Jeri’s vampire novel, Bad Company, along with its sequel, Bad to the Bone. The humorous urban fantasy series deals with a cadre of vampire DJs and the con artist trying to save their 'lives. The first book will be published in 2008. See Jeri’s related blog entry for more details.
July 2006 — Between the Lines quarterfinals in Scriptapalooza
Jeri's romantic comedy script made the first cut in Scriptapalooza, one of the world's largest and most competitive screenwriting competitions. Out of more than 3600 entries, 334 were chosen for the quarterfinals. In the Bluecat Screenplay Competition, Between the Lines received a nearly perfect score (34 out of 36).