Book Blogger Hop No. 42: Contact With Authors

Welcome to the Book Blogger Hop,

hosted by Billy @

Ramblings of a Coffee-Addicted Writer!

For more information, click HERE.

What to Do

1.) Post on your blog answering this week's

question:

Has your contact with authors usually

been in person, via e-mail, social

media, or something else?

(submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews)

2.)  Enter the link to your post in the

Linky list on Billy's blog.

3.)  Visit other blogs on the list and

comment on their posts. 

4.)  Be sure to find out next week's

question when you visit

Ramblings of a Coffee-Addicted Writer!

My Answer

I have met authors through all of the ways  mentioned above; the 'something else' has been through blog tours that I've hosted. Authors have dropped by to thank me for hosting them, and have also commented on how much they liked my post. Not all authors do this, unfortunately, but the real nice ones do. 

I have interviewed quite a few authors as part of blog tours (check out my "Author Interviews" tab, beneath my header).   I have always tried to ask interesting questions, and have gotten very interesting answers from several authors.

Usually, I'll 'meet' an author that's new to me through a blog tour. If they don't comment on my tour post, though, there will probably be no further contact between us. If they do comment, then I will follow their blog and Twitter page, as well as like their Facebook page. 

I rarely meet authors in person, but it has happened. For instance, in July, 2011, I met YA authors Maggie Stiefvater   and Meg Cabot at a book signing in South Florida. It was at a bookstore named "Books and Books". I bought Forever from Maggie, and Abandon from Meg, and had pictures taken with both of them!  You can access that post HERE.

Maggie Stiefvater and I

Meg Cabot and I 

  
At the 2013 Miami International Book Fair, I met YA authors  Kami Garcia, Alex Flinn, and Holly Black, got pics taken with all three, and also bought  signed copies of Beautiful Redemption and Towering.  You can access that post HERE.

Kami Garcia and I

Alex Flinn and I

Holly Black and I

Also, at the 2015 Miami Book Fair, I met  YA author Melissa de la Cruz, who had just released her new title, The Isle of the Lost. I bought the signed book from her. You can access that post HERE.

Melissa de la Cruz and I

I hope to be able to continue meeting authors in any way possible, as I continue my adventures in Book Land!! 

 

     

What are your thoughts?

Please leave a comment,

and I'll go check out your post!

Shelf Candy Saturday #34: The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis

 

 

 

Welcome to

Shelf Candy Saturday!!

 

 

 

This weekly meme/blog hop, hosted here,

features beautiful book covers!

It was originally hosted by

Stephanie @

Five Alarm Book Reviews,

a blog I really miss...

 

 

If you'd like to participate, just grab my button (or create your own), write your own post, and link up in the Linky widget at the bottom of this post. Just be sure to click on "Read more" so that the entire post will open up.

As a bonus, you can include information on the artist, designer, and/or photographer in your post, but it's not required. You can simply feature a cover and explain why you love it!

 

 

 

Here's my pick for this week!

 

 

 

 

 

The Chronicles of Narnia

C. S. Lewis

Leatherbound Hardcover, 800 pages

Barnes & Noble

August 13, 2009

Genre: YA Fantasy

 

 

Barnes & Noble Purchase Link

 

 

Famous Writer Moms

I'd like to wish all of you a very beautiful, very happy,

Mother's Day!!

In honor of this day,

I'd like to feature some famous

writers who are also moms!

Isabel Allende

This Chilean-American author, born in Peru in 1942, is famous for her work in the magic realist tradition.  Her best-known novel is The House of the Spirits, released in Spanish as La Casa de los Espiritus.  She has written other important works, such as Ines of My Soul, Portrait in Sepia, and Daughter of Fortune.

In 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2004. 

She has two children from her first marriage.

For further information about this writer:

Wikipedia article on Allende

Goodreads profile

Margaret Atwood

This Canadian writer, born in Ottawa in 1939, is perhaps best known as the author of The Handmaid's Tale, a science fiction novel which received the first Arthur C. Clarke Award, in 1987.  It was also nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, as well as the 1987 Prometheus Award.  She has won many literary awards, and has authored other books, as well as short story collections. 

Her daughter, Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in 1975.

For further information about this writer:

Wikipedia article on Atwood

Goodreads profile

Stephenie Meyer

This wildly succesful American writer, born in Connecticut in 1973, is the beloved author of The Twilight Saga, which has not only topped bestseller lists, but has also been made into highly profitable films by Summit Entertainment.  The last film, which is the second part of  Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the series, is scheduled for release in November of this year. 

Meyer is also the author of The Host, a novel written for adults, which is currently being filmed.  The theater release date is March 29, 2013.

She has three sons: Gabe, Seth, and Eli. 

For further information about this writer:

Wikipedia article on Meyer

Goodreads profile

Toni Morrison

Born in 1931, this American novelist, editor, and professor is best known for her novels Song of Solomon and Beloved.  The latter was made into a movie, starring Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover, which was released in 1998.  She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this novel in 1987, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.  In April of this year, it was announced that she would be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Morrison has two sons, Harold and Slade. 

For further information about this writer:

Wikipedia article on Morrison

Goodreads profile

J.K. Rowling

Another very succesful and beloved author, famous for the enchanting Harry Potter books, she was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1965.  Her immortal series has been made into eight blockbuster movies, the last of the seven books having been filmed in two parts.

She has also written The Tales of Beedle the Bard.  A new novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, is set for release on Sept. 27, 2012.

Her daughter, Isabel Rowling Arantes, was born in 1993.

For further information about this writer:

Wikipedia article on Rowling

Goodreads profile