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Pretty Monsters is now out in paperback and has one additional story: “The Cinderella Game.” Kelly did a blogtour to celebrate:
The Cozy Reader — on writing and not writing
Forever Young — a continuation of the above
Parajunkee’s View — paranormal monsters
Reviews by Brooke — lists!
Anna’s Book Blog — reading as a writer
Books By Their Cover — short review + interview
Fantasy & SciFi Lovin’ News & Reviews — story idea generation
Monster Librarian — interview
Fantasy Book Critic — Kelly interviews N.K. Jemisin
Word for Teens — on Diana Wynne Jones
The Compulsive Reader — go make a zine!
Book Chick City — on deciding to self publish
Pretty Monsters is out in the U.K. from Canongate as a beautiful black-edged hardcover and paperback—as well as with another totally excellent cover from Walker.
“A unique brew of pirates and wizards, undead babysitters and duelling librarians, Kelly Link’s new short-story collection is dark, sexy and hilarious.”
—The New Statesman
Australia: Text Publishing split Pretty Monsters into two beautiful volumes: The Wrong Grave and Pretty Monsters.
Read “The Wrong Grave“
The title story from Pretty Monsters received a 2009 Locus Award.
“These stories are fantastic, in both the literal and colloquial sense of the term, and though written for young adults, are every bit as evocative for adult readers.”
—Boston Globe
More stories
Kelly’s story “The Summer People” is forthcoming in Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories, which Candlewick will publish in October 2011.
“Secret Identity” in Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci’s anthology Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd.
“The Cinderella Game” in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling’s Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales.
Kelly in the LA Times, The Nation, and Meetinghouse Mag.
Interviews: The Short Review.
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