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* ". . . belongs at the top of everyone's fantasy must-read list."
-Kirkus Reviews, starred review*
"With her first novel, Laini Taylor easily establishes herself as one of the better voices of young adult fantasy."
-Green Man Review
"If you only read one fantasy book this year, read this one."
-A Fuse #8 Production
". . . a tremendous book. . . I thoroughly enjoyed the read."
-Shannon Hale, Newbery Honor-winning author of Princess Academy
"This book was so much fun."
-Holly Black, author of The Spiderwick Chronicles
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everything I think I know about writing a novel
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all cover art (above) by Jim Di Bartolo
About Me
- Laini Taylor
- I'm a writer & artist. I live in Portland, Oregon with my husband Jim (also an artist) and our small daughter, Clementine Pie. My novels are Dreamdark: Blackbringer, Dreamdark: Silksinger, and Lips Touch, which was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award. My next novel, Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Little, Brown) will be out September 27, 2011. I believe our dreams are REAL THINGS, not wisps and air, and it is our job in this life to make them come true, because no one else will do it for us, and because this is our one and only "wild & precious life"!
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ACCOLADES FOR BLACKBRINGER
*The Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year, 2008, starred for outstanding merit*
-Kirkus Reviews, starred review*
". . . true fans of Faerie, as well as fantasy buffs who like lots of action with their magic, will gobble this one up." -School Library Journal
*". . . one of those remarkable works of storytelling in which sheer merit of the plot and characters will draw in readers of any age or skill level."
-KLIATT, starred for exceptional merit*
"With her first novel, Laini Taylor easily establishes herself as one of the better voices of young adult fantasy."
-Green Man Review
"If you only read one fantasy book this year, read this one."
-A Fuse #8 Production
". . . a tremendous book. . . I thoroughly enjoyed the read."
-Shannon Hale, Newbery Honor-winning author of Princess Academy
"This book was so much fun."
-Holly Black, author of The Spiderwick Chronicles
2009-10 Sequoyah Book Awards Master List title, Oklahoma Library Association
A Book Sense Summer 2007 Children's Pick
REVIEWS OF BLACKBRINGER
- A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy
- Always Something to Read
- Beyond Books
- BlogCritics Magazine
- Book Dweeb
- BookHound (Mel Odom)
- BookSpot Central
- Bookworm Nation
- Charlotte's Library
- CreativityIncarnate
- dwelling in possibility
- Em's Bookshelf
- Everread - a book blog
- Fausti's Book Quest
- Fuse #8 (Betsy Bird)
- Green Man Review
- Jen Robinson's Book Page
- Kawzmik World
- Kidsreads
- Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly & Booklist
- KLIATT
- Lessons From the Tortoise
- Mac Library
- Manic Bookworm Review
- Melissa's Book Reviews
- Miss Erin
- Park Ridge Public Library Children's Staff
- PRHS Library
- School Library Journal
- SciFiDimensions
- Shannon Hale's Squeetus
- Shelf Elf
- Shelf Life
- Sonder Books
- Teen Reviews
- The Cynical Romantic
- The Library at the End of the Universe
- Thunderchild Sci-Fi & Fantasy Web Mag
- Wands & Worlds
- Writing Rhapsody
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Blackbringer paperback
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Silksinger
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Reviews of Silksinger
- Book Nut
- Bookworm Nation
- Bound Treasures
- BSC Review
- Charlotte's Library
- Children Come First
- Eva's Book Addiction
- Fantasy Cafe
- Finding Wonderland
- Green Man Review
- Jen Robinson's Book Page
- Lessons From the Tortoise
- Monsters & Critics
- PRES Library
- Reader Views
- SciFiDimensions
- Shelf Elf
- Sonder Books
- Stop, Drop & Read
- The Baryon Review
- The Children's Book Reporter
- Wands and Worlds
LIPS TOUCH
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Reviews of Lips Touch
- A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Andalucy
- Becky's Book Reviews
- Book Nut
- Booklist *starred review*
- Bookslut
- Charlotte's Library
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Em's Bookshelf
- Fantasy Literature
- Finding Wonderland
- Plot This
- Presenting Lenore
- Publisher's Weekly *starred review*
- Pure Imagination blog
- Reading Rocks
- Reverie Books
- Robots & Vamps
- Shelf Elf
- stacked
- Teenreads
- the Compulsive Reader
- WLS Teens
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7 comments:
I just wanted to say thanks for your Not For Robots blog/essays and for this blog! Your ideas have really helped me relax and be more creative in my writing. I love your concept of an exploratory draft--it really has helped me take the pressure off myself of producing a perfect rough draft! Which was a silly idea in the first place, I don't know why I thought that. Thanks for being inspiring! Good luck meeting your deadline!
We miss you too, but we love your books, so we are happy knowing that you are creating new and wonderful books for us. Well, I should only speak for myself, I guess.
You ARE inspiring!
Miss you, too! Go, magic Laini-fingers, go!
Go Laini Go!! You must be close - you can DO IT!!!!
Gotta love a good deadline! Good luck and have fun!
GOOD LUCK!!! Go, Laini, Go! *waves pom-poms* Keep on typin', keep on trekking, go go GO!!
Miss the updates and fun reads, but understand about deadlines!
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