And today is no different. Welcome YA dystopian author Gennifer Albin to The League!
Title: Crewel (Farrar Straus Giroux, October 2012)
Short Plot: In a world where women, designated as Spinsters, weave time, matter, and the very fabric of existence, a 16-year-old girl must maneuver secrets and lethal intrigue to uncover her destiny.
Favorite dystopian/sci-fi works: I'm a sucker for the classics. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. But I love The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, Matched by Ally Condie, and Cinder by Marissa Meyer, too. As far as movies? If it's based on a Philip K. Dick story or directed by J.J. Abrams, I know it's for me.
Why I write dystopian? It's the story I had to tell.
Whimper of Bang? I'm positive we're going to have a few bangs in there. Guns, nuclear weapons, asteroids, alien invasions, but at the end, there's only the whimper of it all fading to nothing.
More about Gennifer: Gennifer Albin has a degree in 18th century literature, which means she's read a lot of very old, very long books, but we won't talk about that. Nowadays she spends her times building fantastic worlds comprised of the people she'd like to go on adventures with, while wrangling two little ones. She writes for her husband who loves to read and doesn't mind paying her in delicious, home-baked bread and Indian food.
I am so freaking excited to have Genn on-board, and I cannot wait to read CREWEL. Find her online:
- Website
- Blog
- Twitter: @GenniferAlbin
- CREWEL on Goodreads
12 comments:
Awesome that you joined Genn. I totally can't wait to read your book.
Welcome Gennifer! Crewel sounds very different. Can't wait to hear more about it.
Tee hee! Thanks. I had to keep my big mouth shut about this for two weeks. This was nearly impossible. So excited to be here.
Welcome Genn!
This book sounds awesome! It's the first I'm hearing of it. Definitely look forward to reading it :)
Thanks Britta!
Fun! I've been excited to read this one.
I haven't heard of CREWEL, but it sounds really interesting. Adding it to Goodreads now!
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Hi Genn, so glad you are here. Crewel sounds amazing!
I'm super excited to see Gennifer join the team! I love seeing other Kansas City ladies finding success in their writing careers!
OMG, thanks everyone! I got distracted by Christmas and just saw all the comments I missed.
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