Archive for April, 2014

Appropriate Audience Age For My Books

I am in the happy position of getting to write books for kids and books for adults under my own name. This is a wonderful position to be in, and it’s a position I hope to remain in until I’m dead and have no more books in me.

It does sometimes lead to confusion about the audience my books are written for. Of course I would like adults to enjoy my kids books in the same way I enjoy kids books, and I also hope some kids, with the participation of adults positioned to help determine what’s appropriate for said particular kids, will enjoy my adult books, just as I enjoyed a lot of adult books when I was a kid.

But without further blabbery, here’re some comments from the author (me) about the targeted age group for my various books.

Norse Code: Adult. Contains graphic violence and dirty words.

Kid vs. Squid: Middle grade, listed by the publisher for grades 3 and up, or ages 8-12, based on vocabulary and complexity of language rather than subject or content.

The Boy at the End of the World: Middle grade, listed by the publisher for grades 5-8, or ages 10-14, based on vocabulary and complexity of language rather than subject or content.

California Bones: Adult. Contains graphic violence and dirty words. Because most of the characters in this book are barely out of their teens, young adult readers might be interested in having a look.

Hope this is useful.

Playing in the Pleistocene

On Friday I made a surgical strike upon Los Angeles, specifically, the La Brea Tar Pits, where I did a little book promotion thing for California Bones. I don’t know whether I’m supposed to talk about it or not, but it’ll be out in June. I owe a huge bundle of thanks to John Scalzi for participating. He was incredibly generous with his time and enthusiasm. Buy all his books.

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California Bones Book Tour

Yes, I am going on tour to celebrate/promote/beg you to buy California Bones. Five days, five cities. Maybe more than five showers. Hopefully more than five meals.

June 10, Tuesday, 7pm, Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego (Includes free pizza! Let me say that again: FREE PIZZA!!!)
June 11, Wednesday, 7pm, Borderlands, San Francisco
June 12, Thursday, 7pm, Copperfield’s, Petaluma, CA
June 13, Friday, 7:30pm, Mysterious Galaxy, Los Angeles
June 14, Saturday, 3pm, University Bookstore, Seattle

Please show up. Please show up to all these appearances. Or, okay, just one will be fine.