Friday, June 30, 2017

2017 Literary Classics Top Honors and International Book Award Recipients Announced



NEWS 
Literary Classics Announces Youth Media Book Award Recipients

Release Date: July 1, 2017
Literary Classics
pr@clcawards.org


SOUTH DAKOTA – The 2017 Literary Classics International Book Award recipients have been announced.  Selected from submissions by entrants around the globe, these distinguished honorees are recognized for their contributions to the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing exceptional literature for a youth audience.  In this highly competitive industry these books represent the foremost in literature in their respective categories.

The competition this year was tremendous and we congratulate all honorees for their outstanding and inspiring work.  All Silver, Gold and Top Honors award recipients will be invited to attend a writers’ conference, awards ceremony, formal gala, and other related events in Rapid City, South Dakota, to be held in conjunction with the Great American Book Festival, Labor Day Weekend, 2017.

The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize this year’s titles in literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classics selection committee.

2017 LITERARY CLASSICS TOP HONORS BOOK AWARDS

The Enchanted Page
The Green Children 
written by Kenny Chumbley & Jim McGuiggan  
illustrated by Nadya Ruvinsky  
Prairie Papers

The Eloquent Quill
Lucy in her Secret Wood 
(A story inspired by Wordsworth's wild child Lucy Gray)
Christina Pagés 
Waldorf Publishing

Words on Wings
Beauty & the Beast 
Rebecca Hammond Yager  
Poisoned Plume

Lumen Award for Literary Excellence
Walter's Way:
How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal, Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley


YOUNG AUTHOR AWARD

GOLD
All Sleep
AC Moyer 
Aurelia Press

SILVER
If You Wish
Cassandra Briskman 
Waterside Productions

BEST IN CATEGORY – GOLD

BEST ILLUSTRATOR - GOLD
Drummer Girl 
Hiba Masood  
Daybreak Press

BEST COVER DESIGN - GOLD
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich 
Xlibris

BEST HOLIDAY BOOK - GOLD
Max’s Christmas Adventure 
​Wendy Leighton-Porter 
Mauve Square Publishing

BEST FIRST BOOK - GOLD
A Casualty of Power
Mukuka Chipanta
Weaver Press

BEST SERIES - YOUNG READER - GOLD
Pack-n-Go Girls Adventure Series
​Janelle Diller & Lisa Travis 
WorldTrek Publishing

BEST SERIES - MIDDLE GRADE - GOLD
Shadows from the Past series
​Wendy Leighton-Porter 
Mauve Square Publishing

BEST SERIES - HIGH SCHOOL - GOLD
The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham series
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
Createspace

BEST SERIES - YOUNG ADULT - GOLD
The Call to Search Everywhen series
Chess Desalls 
Czidor Lore, LLC
                                      

INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS


GOLD

PRESCHOOL / EARLY READER

PICTURE BOOK - GOLD
The Secret Adventures of Anonymouse
Natalie Rekstad & Sophie Lynn
Black Fox Philanthropy, LLC

EARLY READER PICTURE BOOK - GOLD
Nosey's Wild Ride on the Belle of Louisville
Martha Driscoll 
Driscoll Publishing

EDUCATIONAL BOOK - GOLD
Fifo 50 States
Hayley Rose
Flowered Press

GENERAL - GOLD
'Iwalani's Tree 
Constance Hale
BeachHouse Publishing

CULTURAL - GOLD
Drummer Girl 
Hiba Masood  
Daybreak Press

FANTASY - GOLD
The Green Children 
written by Kenny Chumbley 
& Jim McGuiggan    
Prairie Papers

GRADE SCHOOL / CHAPTER BOOK

EARLY CHAPTER BOOK - GOLD
Nickerbacher
Terry John Barto 
TJB KIDS

CHAPTER BOOK - GOLD
Sir Princess Petra's Mission
Diane Mae Robinson
Tate Publishing

FICTION - GOLD
Lucy in her Secret Wood 
(A story inspired by Wordsworth's wild child Lucy Gray)
Christina Pagés 
Waldorf Publishing

FANTASY - GOLD
Thistle Downe  
Molly & Gary Whitney
Bright Sky Press

GENERAL - GOLD
The Whizbang Machine
Danielle Vann 
Waldorf Publishing

FICTION - GOLD
The Calling of the Protectors, The Legend of Chief
Louis DeGrado 
IUniverse

MYSTERY / THRILLER - GOLD
DOTTY and the Chimney Thief
Emma Warner-Reed 
Calendar House Press

FANTASY - GOLD
Motley Education  
S.A. Larsen 
Leap Books, LLC


PRETEEN

GENERAL - GOLD
The King of Average
Gary Schwartz 
Bunny Moon Books

FICTION - GOLD
Guardian
Katy Newton Naas 
Clean Reads

HISTORICAL FICTION - GOLD
A Family for Leona  
Beverly Stowe McClure
4RV Publishing LLC

FANTASY - GOLD
Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen
Jean Guthrie 
Sojourn Publishing, LLC


MIDDLE SCHOOL

GENERAL - GOLD
The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Stigs Flight
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
Createspace

FICTION - GOLD
The King of Average
Gary Schwartz 
Bunny Moon Books

HISTORICAL FICTION - GOLD
A Buss from Lafayette
Dorothea Jensen 
BQB Publishing

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - GOLD
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich 
Xlibris

FANTASY - GOLD
Faeborne 
Jenna Elizabeth Johnson 
Create Space


HIGH SCHOOL

FICTION - GOLD
Tupelo Honey 
Lis Anna-Langston
Mapleton Publishers

HISTORICAL FICTION - GOLD
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova  
iUniverse

ROMANCE - GOLD
Beauty & the Beast 
Rebecca Hammond Yager  
Poisoned Plume

MYSTERY / THRILLER - GOLD
Travel Glasses: The Call to Search Everywhen
Chess Desalls 
Czidor Lore, LLC

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - GOLD
Criminal 
K. B. Hoyle 
The Writer's Coffee Shop

PARANORMAL / HORROR - GOLD
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington  
Post Mortem Press

FANTASY - GOLD
Travel Glasses: The Call to Search Everywhen
Chess Desalls 
Czidor Lore, LLC

NONFICTION - GOLD
Walter's Way::How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal,
Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley

FAITH BASED - GOLD
Bombs Bursting in Air
Lisa McCombs 
Headline Books


COLLEGE­

GENERAL - GOLD
A Casualty of Power
Mukuka Chipanta
Weaver Press

FICTION - GOLD
The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall 
Shannon Kirk 
Reputation Books

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - GOLD
Criminal 
K. B. Hoyle 
The Writer's Coffee Shop

FANTASY - GOLD
A Shift Toward Prey
Natalie Allison 
Primedia E-launch LLC

MYSTERY / THRILLER - GOLD
Dust Eaters North
Ronan Cray 
Abrasax Press

PARANORMAL / HORROR - GOLD
Dust Eaters North
Ronan Cray 
Abrasax Press

ROMANCE - GOLD
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova  
iUniverse

HISTORICAL FICTION - GOLD
The Sword of Telemon
Murray Eiland Jr
Amazon

MATURE ISSUES - GOLD
Hooked 
Allen Wolf 
Morning Star Publishing

INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS - GOLD
CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them  
Fiza Pathan 
Fiza Pathan Publishing 

INSPIRATIONAL / VISIONARY - GOLD
Walter's Way: How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal,
Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley

NONFICTION - GOLD
A Medieval Woman’s Companion
Susan Morrison  
Oxbow Books

FAITH BASED - GOLD
Heaven Breaks In
Nicholas Cappas
Kingdom Press


SPECIAL INTEREST – GOLD

ALPHABET BOOK - GOLD
Grocery Store Alphabet Game
Teresa Stern  
Sarah Book Publishing

COUNTING BOOK - GOLD
10 Little Monsters Visit New York City
Jess Smart Smiley
Familius

RHYMING BOOK - GOLD
In and Out, All 'Round About - Opposite Friends 
Penelope Anne Cole
Magical Book Works

HEALTH / SELF ESTEEM - PICTURE BOOK - GOLD
Roxie the Doxie Finds her Forever Home
​JODY A. DEAN, Ph.D. 
Tally Ho Publishing

ENVIRONMENTAL PICTURE BOOK - GOLD
My Pancakes Taste Different Today
​Heather Wood Galpert 
Wagon Wheel Productions

NONFICTION - GRADE SCHOOL - GOLD
Milk Bottles and Mud Pies 
Cindy Farwell 
Tate Publishing

FAITH BASED - GRADE SCHOOL - GOLD
Milk Bottles and Mud Pies 
Cindy Farwell 
Tate Publishing

HISTORICAL FICTION - MIDDLE GRADE - GOLD
Greg's Second Adventure in Time 
​C.M. Huddleston 
Interpreting Time's Past PRESS

SCIENCE FICTION - MIDDLE GRADE - GOLD
Black Lightning 
​K.S. Jones 
Mirror World Publishing

HEALTH / SELF ESTEEM - MIDDLE GRADE - GOLD
Coby Ryan Harris Is Officially Fat
​Joni Klein-Higger & Flora Zaken-Greenberg, Ph.D. 
Guardian Angel Publishing

ENVIRONMENTAL – YA - GOLD
Birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
​Garry Rogers  
Self Published

SELF HELP – YA - GOLD
5 Simple Questions to Reclaim Your Happiness! 
​Jacqui Letran 
A Healed Mind


BEST IN CATEGORY – SILVER

PICTURE BOOK - SILVER
Piccadilly and the Waltzing Wind 
Lisa Anne Novelline 
Self Published

EARLY READER PICTURE BOOK - SILVER
Corinne's Fin
Dayle Dabney  
Headline Books

EDUCATIONAL BOOK - SILVER
Sip Tea with Mad Hatter
Loretta Neff
Neff Publishing, LLC

GENERAL - SILVER
Little Katie Goes to the Moon 
Carmela Dutra  
Pegasus Pony

CULTURAL - SILVER
Hopping to America: 
A Rabbit's Tale of Immigration 
Diana Walker  
Headline Books

FANTASY - SILVER
Hey That’s MY Monster!
Amanda Noll
Flashlight Press

GRADE SCHOOL / CHAPTER BOOK

EARLY CHAPTER BOOK - SILVER
Dream Butterflies
PM Kelly 
Bookbaby

CHAPTER BOOK - SILVER
Tales of Mr. Snuggywhiskers: The Spring Tales 
CF Crawford 
Lauco Press

FICTION - SILVER
Mary’s Song 
Susan Count 
Hastings Creations Group

FANTASY - SILVER
Magora The Gallery of Wonders
Marc Remus 
Misty Moon Books / Marc Remus


PRETEEN

GENERAL - SILVER
The Whizbang Machine Tunney's Curse
Danielle Vann 
Waldorf Publishing

FICTION - SILVER
No One Needed to Know 
D. G. Driver 
Amazon

MYSTERY / THRILLER - SILVER
Crime Cats, the Dusenbury Curse 
Wolfgang Parker 
Rogue Agent Publishing

FANTASY - SILVER
The Seasons of a Giant
Pamela Hartley 
CreateSpace


PRETEEN

GENERAL - SILVER
Skinny White Freak
Paul Haddad  
Independent

FICTION - SILVER
The Stone of Mercy, Book 1 of the Centaur Chronicles
M.J. Evans 
Dancing Horse Press

HISTORICAL FICTION - SILVER
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich 
Xlibris

FANTASY - SILVER
The Seasons of a Giant
Pamela Hartley 
CreateSpace


MIDDLE SCHOOL

GENERAL - SILVER
Secrets of the Home Wood: the Sacrifice 
Julie Whitley 
FriesenPress

FICTION - SILVER
The Other Side of the Law 
Katelynn Renteria 
Sarah Book Publishing

HISTORICAL FICTION - SILVER
Calamity Jane, 
How the West Began 
Bryan Ney 
Dragon Tree Books

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - SILVER
​​Glint 
JD Harper 
CreateSpace

FANTASY - SILVER
The Tower Below
J.R. Roper 
CHBB Publishing


HIGH SCHOOL

FICTION - SILVER
A Secret Music
Susan Doherty Hannaford 
Cormorant Books

HISTORICAL FICTION - SILVER
The Sword of Telemon
Murray Eiland Jr Amazon

ROMANCE - SILVER
The Slope Rules
Melanie Hooyenga 
CreateSpace

MYSTERY / THRILLER - SILVER
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington  
Post Mortem Press

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - SILVER
I Will Breathe 
Regina Puckett 
Punk & Sissy Publications

PARANORMAL / HORROR - SILVER
Dark Flowers  
Caytlyn Brooke 
BHC Press imprint H20

FANTASY - SILVER
Ephemeral and Fleeting 
Patricia Reding 
Scripta Manent Publishing

NONFICTION - SILVER
Unbroken Spirits  
Kay Beth Avery 
Western Reflections Publishing

FAITH BASED - SILVER
Heaven Breaks In
Nicholas Cappas
Kingdom Press


COLLEGE

GENERAL - SILVER
The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall 
Shannon Kirk 
Reputation Books

FICTION - SILVER
Once Confronted 
Lynne Stringer 
Rhiza Press

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - SILVER
Quantum Lace  
Leigh St John 
Self-Published

FANTASY - SILVER
Ephemeral and Fleeting 
Patricia Reding 
Scripta Manent Publishing

MYSTERY / THRILLER - SILVER
Eye of Charybdis  
Steve Wilson 
White Feather Press

PARANORMAL / HORROR - SILVER
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington  
Post Mortem Press

ROMANCE - SILVER
Hooked 
Allen Wolf 
Morning Star Publishing

HISTORICAL FICTION - SILVER
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova  
iUniverse

MATURE ISSUES - SILVER
Shattered Lies 
SJ Francis 
Black Opal Books

INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS - SILVER
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Scott M. Graffius 
CreateSpace

INSPIRATIONAL / VISIONARY - SILVER
You Are What You Tweet: Harness the Power of Twitter to Create a Happier, Healthier Life
Germany Kent 
Star Stone Press

NONFICTION - SILVER
Terror in Ypsilanti: 
John Norman Collins Unmasked
Gregory A. Fournier 

FAITH BASED - SILVER
The Gospel According To Ruth: A Season of Harvest 121 Days of Devotions  
Kevin Foster
Carpenter's Son


Literary Classics, an organization dedicated to furthering excellence in literature, takes great pride in its role to help promote classic literature which appeals to youth, while educating and encouraging positive values in the impressionable young minds of future generations.  Judging is based upon the criteria set forth by Literary Classics’ highly selective awards committee which honors books promoting character, vision, creativity and learning, through content which possesses key elements found in well-crafted literature.

The Literary Classics judging committee is comprised of experts with backgrounds in publishing, writing, editing, design, illustration, and book reviewing.   To learn more about Literary Classics, visit their website at www.literaryclassicsawards.com.



LITERARY CLASSICS Book Awards & Reviews International Book Awards • Top Honors Youth Book Awards • Seal of Approval http://www.clcawards.org

Author Spotlight K.B. Hoyle on her award Winning Books




WHEN DID YOU FIRST KNOW YOU WANTED TO BE A WRITER AND WHY?
The first time I knew I wanted to be a writer was, I think, as a very small child reading The Chronicles of Narnia. There was something so transportive about those stories. I was the child who used to go into my closet and push on the back wall, trying to get to Narnia, and it amazed me that someone could write something that produced that effect--that longing--within me. I knew I wanted to grow up to do the same for others. 
AS A CHILD, WHAT DID YOU ASPIRE TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP?
Aside from a writer? Everything! The stories I read and the movies I watched inspired me to imitate the heroic characters within them. I can remember wanting to be an artist, explorer, archaeologist, astronaut, humanitarian, singer, actor, fighter pilot--you name it! It just had to be fantastic, and it had to be something that changed the world. That was my one caveat: I wanted to change the world. 
HOW DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR YOUR AWARD WINNING TITLE?
The Gateway Chronicles is very personal for me. Growing up, my family attended a summer camp in upper Michigan the same week every year with the same families, and the experiences I had at that camp--and the friendships I formed--integrally shaped my childhood and who I am today. It was a magical place and time in my life, so as an adult, when I sat down to figure out the setting and characters for my first fantasy series, I decided to base it on my experiences at the camp I loved so much from my childhood. From there, I decided to pay homage to the first fantasy series that ever inspired me to want to be a writer--Narnia--and make it Gateway Fantasy, and then pay further homage to the fantasy series of my teen years that re-ignited my love of fantasy literature--Harry Potter--and make it a sort of friendship adventure where the characters have year-long adventures, and where the readers get to grow alongside the characters and walk the metanarrative with them. From all these things, The Gateway Chronicles was born! 
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LINE FROM YOUR AWARD WINNING BOOK AND WHY?
Oh wow… How can I choose just one favorite line out of six books? Okay. I don't know if it's my favorite line, but I think it's probably the most compelling line, although it needs a little explanation. The Gateway Chronicles is full of oracles and prophecies, which are often delivered as riddles. In book 2, The Oracle, a very important oracle is delivered to a character, and she spends the remainder of the books (3-6) trying to decipher what exactly this means for her. Here's the line: 
"Twice wed, twice dead, twice stained red." 
WHICH OF YOUR CHARACTERS FROM YOUR AWARD WINNING TITLE DO YOU BELIEVE ARE MOST LIKE YOU AND WHY?
I am definitely most like the main character, Darcy. I wrote her to be like me--digging deep into my adolescent psyche (it was a dark time). In all seriousness, though, I really do think I had typical teenaged angst, and because I tell the story through a limited perspective (Darcy's), it only made sense to dig through my mind and memories to make her as realistic as possible. As I've told many people--since she's not terribly likable in the first couple books--I start her off very much as I was in early adolescence, but as she grows, I make her into the sort of person I wish I could have been as a teenager. 
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU HOPE READERS WILL GLEAN FROM YOUR AWARD WINNING BOOK?
Because there are six books in the series, there are many themes and messages I hope the readers can take away from the books. Overall, though, I want my readers to walk away knowing that no matter how bad life gets, they should never despair, because there is always hope in this life--especially as long as good people are willing to stand up against evil and oppression. I also hope my readers will glean a strong message of the importance of self-sacrifice and serving others. That sometimes doing the right thing means putting others ahead of yourself. 
TELL US SOMETHING RANDOM/INTERESTING/FUNNY ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A WRITER:
I think all writers are just a touch crazy--just a touch. I know I definitely have my oddities! For example, I personify things and name them, as relates to my writing work. My laptop is Scribbus MacDoodle, and he's a HE. And I have an antique typewriter who is female, and her name is Rhonda Royale. I also plaster my office with notes, like Sherlock Holmes on a case, and also like Sherlock Holmes, when I'm writing a book, because of all the details--and the amazing layers of details--I have to keep straight (the world-building), I'm able to enter into a mind-palace of sorts where I have everything neatly organized. I can walk around and touch and see and smell the world in my mind--I can even talk with the characters. A great deal of writing actually consists of me staring blankly at the wall while I am inside the mind-palace, hard at work! 
WHICH AUTHOR HAS MOST GREATLY INFLUENCED YOUR WRITING STYLE?
J. K. Rowling has had the greatest impact on my writing style because I studied how she constructed Harry Potter before I sat down to write The Gateway Chronicles. If you want to learn how to do something well, a good place to start is studying the person who wrote a crossover, billion-dollar smash hit in your genre! 
WHAT BOOK HAS HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE?
This is always a struggle to answer, but I think I would have to say The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for the simple fact that it's the first book to awaken that longing within me for the "other." And if that longing within me hadn't been awoken, I don't think I would have become an author. 
WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR GREATEST LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENT?
My greatest literary accomplishment--aside from getting published--has been winning the gold award for YA series for The Gateway Chronicles from Literary Classics! 
DO YOU HAVE ANY WRITING RITUALS?
I don't have any particular writing rituals, aside from doing my best to shut down my social media browsers to not let myself get distracted. I usually take a quick read through whatever it is I wrote the day before, but I try to avoid revising at that time. It's always important to just move forward when you're writing your first draft. Deep revisions come later. 
HOW DID YOU FIND AN AGENT?
I'm hoping 2017 will be the year I land an agent, as I have a new manuscript ready for publication that I'm really excited about. I've been actively pursuing agenting for a few months here. I was published with The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House in 2011, though, after they discovered me through a reviewer who had reviewed a copy of my first two (then self-published) books. 
WHAT DID YOU DO TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION/PUBLISH DATE/OR OTHER OF YOUR AWARD WINNING BOOK?
My husband and I usually keep the celebrating pretty low-key. We have four small boys, so while it's exciting when I have another book published, or I win an award, or something like that, it's difficult to get out, and we don't exactly have money to burn! We have, in the past, just gone out for dinner or dinner and a movie. My husband has bought me flowers to celebrate the awards, though. That's been nice! 
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE PROCESS OF BECOMING PUBLISHED AND ANY TIPS YOU MIGHT OFFER FOR OTHER ASPIRING AUTHORS?
The process of becoming published is going to be different for everyone these days. The first thing aspiring authors need to do is establish a brand and a platform. Many publishers and agents want to see that an author comes with some sort of social media base ready-made. You can do this through writing a monthly newsletter, getting plugged in and promoting your brand on social media, or self-publishing your first/second/third books to get your name out there--or some combination of these. The main things to keep in mind these days are: The market is saturated with authors doing exactly what you're trying to do, and YOU are the only one who is going to sell your book--no one else. 
CAN YOU OFFER ANY ADVICE FOR WRITERS ON HOW BEST TO PROMOTE THEIR BOOK?
Self-promotion is a tricky thing, but there are some crucial steps to consider for success: 
-Figure out who you are as a writer and for whom you are writing (your audience): This is your brand
-Figure out how to write effectively for this audience by studying the most effective writers in the genre: This is the research for how to become the best storyteller and writer you can be.
-While doing that, be working on setting up your online persona as an author and start drawing in people who might be interested. 
-Be prepared to give things away for free. 
-Figure out where on social media your audience hangs out, and follow them and their interests religiously. *Do not use these social media platforms for personal usage, but for promotional usage, without spamming people! 
-Enter contests
-Build relationships with likeminded people and keep contact lists
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH OUR READERS?
I have an author newsletter that goes out about once monthly, and I'd love to invite readers to subscribe! I blog about writing, share exclusive content, relay my publication news, and more! Here's the link: http://www.kbhoyle.com/subscribe.html 
WHAT OTHER BOOKS HAVE YOU PUBLISHED? 

DO YOU HAVE ANY NEW BOOKS IN THE WORKS?
I have a completed manuscript called The Girl in the Sea that is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. I am really excited about this book, and it's the book for which I am actively seeking agenting. I am also writing Clone, the third and final book in my YA Dystopian trilogy, The Breeder Cycle.
I don't have any news as to when either The Girl in the Sea or Clone will be available. There is too much up in the air right now regarding my publishing future. But people who are interested should subscribe to my newsletter to be the first to know when I DO have news! 

LITERARY CLASSICS Book Awards & Reviews International Book Awards • Top Honors Youth Book Awards • Seal of Approval http://www.clcawards.org