Claim to Fame

"I have to tell you my secret. I can't go on...without revealing it. I had a pretty good run, hiding from everyone for five years. For five years I was safe. But now... "

One day Lindsay Scott was on the top of the world, the star of a hit TV show. The next day her fame had turned into torture. Every time anyone said anything about her, she heard it.

Lindsay had what looked like a nervous breakdown and vanished from the public eye for five years. But now she's sixteen and back in the news...

Watch a clip of author Margaret Peterson Haddix talking about the book:

Gone: Reader Reviews

Gone, the final book in Lisa McMann's trilogy comes out this February and it's already getting great advance reviews!

GONE was a great last book to the series. It was very consuming - once I started to read it I could not put it down... I recommended the book to all of my friends.

-Candice

I started reading GONE by Lisa McMann a few hours ago, and finished already. GONE was... different. In a good way. It wasn't one of those books with the sickly sweet 'Happy Ever After' ending, and it wasn't one of those books with a doom and gloom ending. The ending wasn't all that happy, but it was hopeful, and I think that's something that appeals to a lot of people - since that's just life... I can't wait to see if Lisa McMann writes more.

- Shantal

More about Gone here.

Read our Q&A with Lisa McMann here.

ICE

When Cassie was a little girl, her grandmother told her a fairy tale about her mother, who made a deal with the Polar Bear King and was swept away to the ends of the earth. Now that Cassie is older, she knows the story was a nice way of saying her mother had died. Cassie lives with her father at an Arctic research station, is determined to become a scientist, and has no time for make-believe.Then, on her eighteenth birthday, Cassie comes face-to-face with a polar bear who speaks to her. He tells her that her mother is alive, imprisoned at the ends of the earth. And he can bring her back -- if Cassie will agree to be his bride.

Read an excerpt here.

All I want for Christmas...

The Mortal Instruments boxed set is in stores now.

Find out more about the series here.

The Skinjacker Trilogy: Book 2

It all started with an accident...
Nick and Allie don't survive the crash, and their souls are stuck halfway between life and death in a sort of limbo called Everlost.

In Book 2, Everwild, Nick and Allie are pitted against Mary Hightower, the self-proclaimed queen of lost children and dangerous fanatic who is determined to keep Everlost's children trapped within its limbo for all eternity.

Learn more about The Skinjacker Trilogy here.

To win a copy of Everwild, send your name and mailing address to audrey@simonandschuster.ca. Contest expires Dec 1, 2009. **Canadian addresses only please**

Steampunked

Check out this fantastic outfit spotted at the Holly Black, Cassandra Clare & Scott Westerfeld event in Toronto on Nov 6th.

Click here for more steampunky duds.

Holly, Cassandra, Keith & Scott

A great big thank you to Roxanne, who sent this great shot of the event with Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Keith Thompson, and Scott Westerfeld event in Ottawa last week.

Do you have great shots from Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal you'd like to share with us?

Just send to audrey@simonandschuster.ca

Montreal & Ottawa down... Toronto tonight!

Some fantastically-dressed fans at the Ottawa Clare/Black/Westerfeld event last night!

Were you there? Tell us all about it!

Info about tonight's event in Toronto here.

Buttons!

If you're attending one of the Holly Black, Cassandra Clare & Scott Westerfeld events in Montreal, Ottawa or Toronto this week, be sure to pick up one of our collector's edition tour buttons -- modeled here by our lovely interns, Maylene and Julia.

All event info here.

Holly, Cassandra and Scott: Are you ready?

Are you coming out to meet Holly, Cassandra and Scott in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto this week?

It's going to be awesome!

MONTREAL:

November 4th, 7pm
Chapters Pointe-Claire6321, auto route Transcanadienne, bureau 1410Pointe-Claire, Quebec(514)428-5500

OTTAWA:

November 5th, 7pm
Chapters Rideau47 Rideau Street,Ottawa, Ontario(613)241-0073

TORONTO:

November 6th, 7pm
Trinity St. Paul's United Church427 Bloor Street WestTickets $5.00 at http://www.ticketweb.ca/
Rush tickets are available at the door.