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   Jonathan Maberry

   November 2, 2010 at 8:32 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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   Hi!

   I’m the author of a new YA –ROT & RUIN (Simon & Schuster). It’s a ‘zombie novel with heart’, and launches a new series.

   If you ever do author interviews or excerpts, feel free to reach out. I also teach ‘Experimental Writing for Teens’.

   Comments about the book

   “In turns mythic and down-to-earth, this intense novel combines adventure and philosophy to tell a truly memorable zombie story.” –Publishers Weekly starred review

   “…an action-packed, thought-provoking look at life—and death.” –Kirkus Book Review

   “A thrilling triumph, full of action, gripping conflict, soul-fullness, gore, solemnity, and hope. A coming of age piece honed in the ashes of apocalypse.” — -Fiendishgly Bookish

   “Thrilling, enticing, and surprisingly touching!” –Heather Brewer -Bestselling author of the Chronicles of Vlad

   “This is a romping, stomping adventure. Anyone with a pulse will enjoy this novel, and anyone with a brain will find plenty of food for thought inside!” — Michael Northrop -bestselling author of Gentlemen

   “George Romero meets The Catcher in the Rye in this poignant and moving coming of age novel set during zombie times.” –Nancy Holder -NY Times bestselling author of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Pretty Little Devils

   “Captured my heart from the first page and refused to let go!” –Maria V. Snyder -multi award-winner and bestselling author of Poison Study

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   John Michael Cummings

   December 1, 2011 at 6:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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   re: book review request by award-winning author

   Dear Nazish,

   I’m an award-winning author with a new YA book out this fall. Ugly To Start With is a series of thirteen interrelated stories about childhood being published by West Virginia University Press.

   Can I interest you in reviewing it?

   If you write me back at johnmcummings@aol.com, I can email you a PDF of my book. If you require a bound copy, please ask, and I will forward your reply to my publisher. Or you can write directly to Abby Freeland at:

   Abby.Freeland@mail.wvu.edu

   My publisher, I should add, can also offer your readers a free excerpt of my book through a link from your blog to my publisher’s website:
   http://wvupressonline.com/cummings_ugly_to_start_with_9781935978084

   Here’s what Jacob Appel, celebrated author of
   Dyads and The Vermin Episode, says about my new collection: “In Ugly to Start With, set in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, Cummings tackles the challenges of boyhood adventure and family conflict in a taut, crystalline style that captures the triumphs and tribulations of small-town life. He has a gift for transcending the particular experiences to his characters to capture the universal truths of human affection and suffering–emotional truths that the members of his audience will recognize from their own experiences of childhood and adolescence.”

   My short stories have appeared in more than seventy-five literary journals, including North American Review, The Kenyon Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and The Chattahoochee Review. Twice I have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. My short story “The Scratchboard Project” received an honorable mention in The Best American Short Stories 2007.

   I am also the author of the nationally acclaimed coming-of-age novel The Night I Freed John Brown (Philomel Books, Penguin Group, 2009), winner of The Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers (Grades 7-12) and one of ten books recommended by USA TODAY.

   For more information about me, please visit:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_Cummings

   Thank you very much, and I look forward to hearing back from you.

   Kindly,

   John Michael Cummings