From: Greg Leitich Smith <greg>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:36:31 -0500

Hi-

Thanks to everyone who's mentioned TANTALIZE! Cynthia sent me some links to horror/gothic bibliographies/interviews that might be of interest:

Gothic Fantasy and Suspense for Teens and Tweens:* http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/favorites/by_genre/horrorteens.html
*please note that recommendations are still forthcoming on featured interview titles.

Recommended Gothic Fantasy Titles:* http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/05/tantalize-fans-unite-group-recommends.html
*bibliography compiled from author suggestions and YA reader suggestions

Additional recent horror/Gothic fantasy (a subcategory of horror)/adventure horror youth literature interviews:

AM Jenkins on Beating Heart and Repossessed: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/08/author-interview-am-jenkins-on-beating.html

Andrew Nance on Daemon Hall: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/08/author-interview-andrew-nance-on-daemon.html

Melissa de la Cruz on Blue Bloods: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/09/author-interview-melissa-de-la-cruz-on.html

Kathleen Duey on Skin Hunger: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/09/author-interview-kathleen-duey-on.html

Author Feature: Darren Shan: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/09/author-feature-darren-shan.html

Melissa Marr on Wicked Lovely: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/10/author-interview-melissa-marr-on-wicked.html

Tiffany Trent on In the Serpent's Coils: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/10/author-interview-tiffany-trent-on-in.html

Nina Hess on A Practical Guide to Monsters: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/10/author-editor-interview-nina-hess-on.html

David Lubar on True Talents:* http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2007/06/author-interview-david-lubar-on-true.html
*could debate genre assignment but a fun, fantastical read

Note: quickly forthcoming interviews on Cynsations include Amanda Marrone on Uninvited, Deborah Noyes on The Restless Dead, and Alex Flinn on Beastly
(among others!).

On the fantasy front, ReaderGirlz & YALSA's 31 Flavorite Authors will feature Janet Lee Cary Oct. 25, Holly Black Oct. 28, Cynthia Leitich Smith Oct. 29, Dia Calhoun Oct. 30, and Stephenie Meyer Oct. 31. See: http://readergirlz.com/issue.html


Greg Leitich Smith http://www.gregleitichsmith.com
Received on Wed 24 Oct 2007 06:36:31 PM CDT