We Interrupt This Contest ...

I'm pausing the Twelve Labors contest (for a day) to announce my most exciting news of the year. I just finalized a two-book deal with my fabulous editor at Katherine Tegen Books (a HarperTeen imprint)! The second book is still TBA, but I'll give you the scoop on the first book, which will be out in 2010.

Here's a hint:


Yes, it's a mermaid book!

FORGIVE MY FINS

Half-mermaid princess Lily Sanderson grew up in the underwater kingdom of Thalassinia. For the past three years she's been living with her human aunt and attending high school on the mainland, trying to blend in with all the other students and dealing with standard teenage life: a brainiac best friend, struggling grades, a biker boy neighbor who lives to torment her, and one massive, all-encompassing, sun-moon-and-stars crush. All while keeping her mermaid self a total secret. But when her one opportunity to hook the guy of her dreams turns into a nightmare she already regrets, it will take more than a saltwater bath and a quick swim home to get her life back to normal. If that's even what she wants.

I hope you all love mermaid stories as much as I do!

Hugs,
TLC