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Author Kevin Brooks

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A few months ago I had the pleasure of meeting one of my favourite authors, British writer, Kevin Brooks, at a local book expo and he agreed to do an interview with me on his latest novel, Killing God.

The back cover blurb of Killing God reads as follows:

Dawn Bundy is fifteen. She doesn’t fit in and she couldn’t care less. Dawn has other things on her mind. Her dad disappeared two years ago and it’s all God’s fault. When Dawn’s dad found God, it was the worst time ever. He thought he’d found the answer to everything. But that wasn’t the end of it.

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Arthur Slade's The Hunchback Assignments

Arthur Slade's The Hunchback Assignments

Shelley: A recent interview said that The Hunchback Assignments is inspired by Victor Hugo’s Huchbank of Notre Dame, and that the second book in this seven-part series found inspiration from Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Was that your aim, to reinterpret classics that fit with the growing movement of steampunk in fashion, literature and art?

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Just in time for the holidays, writers at The Enchanted Inkpot blog have decided to spread some book love—Inkie style—by opening their first annual Inkies Giveaway Extravaganza. Three lucky readers will win one of the following fabulous basket categories:
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Nominate your choice for Scribblerati’s Best Books of 2009! The most popular choices will go into our top ten announcement via the Scribblers Blog at the beginning of December.

It’s open to all genres and categories, so don’t hold back! Champion your favorites! And, yes, that was plural. You can vote for as many books as you like, so long as they were published in 2009.

I’ll get the ball rolling by nominating two:

The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Which were YOUR favorites?

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