The Big News…
I am thrilled to announce that I’ve signed a two-book deal with HarperTeen! The deal is for my novel Thorn as well as a companion novel provisionally title The Theft of Sunlight.
Thorn is my indie debut, a retelling of the Grimms’ tale “The Goose Girl.” It tells the story of Princess Alyrra who, while on her way to meet her betrothed, is betrayed by her companion and loses her title, her rank, and her identity. Seizing on her newfound freedom, Alyrra begins a life away from the court–hampered only by the knowledge that her replacement may very well betray the prince to his death. The second book in the deal is for a companion novel featuring Rae, the heroine from my short story The Bone Knife.
Publishers Weekly ran an article about how the deal came together–it really was a relatively non-traditional sale, and it all still feels a bit surreal to me.
Let’s Celebrate – fairy tale style!
Fairy tales are replete with the number three–three balls, three little pigs, three attempts by the evil queen to kill you. *cough* You get the idea. So this week, in celebration of all the good news, I’m sharing three awesome books … and I’ll pick three winners! Here’s what I have for you:
The Raven Boys, signed my Maggie Stiefvater
The Nightmare Affair, signed by Mindee Arnett
Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls and Gadgets, a fabulous sci-fi anthology signed by editor Mary Fan
Congratulations! It’s so awesome that you got an agent and then a book deal just because they read your book!
I know! It’s kind of amazing and a bit surreal. Thank you so much for the congrats! 🙂
Congratulations!!! So exciting!
Thanks so much, Michelle! <3
Congrats. I’m so happy for you. This couldn’t happen to a greater person.
Thank you so much – that is so kind of you! ❤️
I’m so excited for you! I loved Thorn when I read it years ago. There’s a wonderful spark of magic to the story that I *knew* others would love. I can’t wait to see more great things from you, Intisar!
Thanks so much, Alison! I am so touched that you remember reading Thorn so well after so long! I am really excited to move forward with this new step, and to keep writing, of course! 🙂
Awesome news! Congrats! And I can’t wait for Rae’s story! 🙂
<3
Leah
Ha! That has to be the best thing out of this – the firm deadline for Rae’s story, amirite? 😉 I am super excited to get to work on her story with the help of Emilia at HarperTeen. And thank you so much for your long-time support and kindness. ?
Congratulations! Your books deserve it! Pity we would have to wait for a rather long time for the next Rae story. 🙁
Thank you so much! And I am sorry about the even longer timeframe for Rae’s story… but at least there’s a firm date now! 🙂 And, in the meantime, I hope to still be releasing the remaining Sunbolt books to tide you over.
Congratulations on the book deal I love your writing style and Thorn was wonderful to read! Can’t wait to read more.
Thanks so much, Candice! I am so excited for this development, and to continue to bring new stories to readers. <3
This is awesome. You are such a talented writer that I’m not surprised they read your book and then offered a deal.
Thank you so much! ? I am thrilled to be able to bring my stories to a wider audience.
YAY!!! Congratulations!!! 🙂 I enjoyed Thorn a lot and bought a printed copy in addition to my digital one.
Aw, yay and thank you! I am so thrilled that you enjoyed Thorn so much. I’m curious to see what readers will think of the revisions I am making for Harper. Speaking of which… back to writing with me! 🙂
CONGRATULATONS (again) and thanks for the fabulous giveaway! ☺
Thanks so much, La La! ? And you’re always welcome. I’ve literally been saving up these books for about a year, waiting for the right moment to share them!
OMG. So happy for you and proud of you. Congratulations!
Thanks so much, Mr. D! 🙂 I hope all is well with you.
Amazing news. I love this book so much. I’ve read it several times. Its one of the few books I started reading again immediately after finishing it. I am so excited it will be released again and can’t can’t wait for the future planned book.
Thanks so much, June! There are only a few books that I’ve start re-reading as soon as I’ve finished them, so I know how great a thing that is. I’m so honored that “Thorn” was one of those books for you. I am hoping that this newly edited version of “Thorn” will be just as wonderful, if not more, and am super excited to get to work on Rae’s story. ?
Hi, Intisar! I recently read The Bone Knife and enjoyed it so much that I looked you up on Goodreads – I really connected with Rae, so I was excited to see that there is more of her to come! I didn’t realize it, but I had already bought Thorn on Kindle when it was still available to purchase. I was about to start Thorn, but then wondered why it was no longer available on Kindle, then checked your site and voila, now I know! 🙂 Congratulations!
I am so thrilled that you enjoyed The Bone Knife so much. Rae is by far my favorite characters to write, and I’m really excited to give her her story soon. How cool that you already have Thorn! I am in the midst of revising it for HarperTeen. Much of the story will remain the same, but some of the plot has been re-ordered to improve pacing and the whole thing has been sharpened a bit more. It will be interesting to see what folks think of it who have read the indie version as well! 🙂 Thank you so much for the congrats, and for stopping by!