Books for YA!: Author's Slambook: Justina Ireland + Giveaway

Author Bio
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Justina Ireland enjoys dark chocolate, dark humor, and is not too proud to admit that she’s still afraid of the dark. She lives with her husband, kid, and dog in Pennsylvania. She is the author of Vengeance Bound and Promise of Shadows. Visit her at JustinaIreland.com.

Favorites

1. What is your favorite color? Purple

2. Favorite food? Fried okra or cupcakes

3. Favorite movie of all time? Die Hard or Tombstone

4. Favorite song? Funky Town

5. Favorite book of all time? One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

All about Writing

1. How did your interest in writing originate?

I was really bored at work one day, so I opened a Word document and got to it.

2. What is your work schedule like when you're writing?

I write part time, so mostly over my lunchtimes at my day job and in the evenings.

3. Do you work with outline or just write?

Just write. I only outline when I get stuck.

4. What was the hardest part in writing your book?

The words. And figuring out where they should go. The easiest? I'm not sure there is any easy part about writing. Drinking coffee, maybe?

5. What do you like to do when you're not writing?

Read. I also love TV, but I usually spend not writing time reading.

Finish the sentence

1. The difference between fiction and reality is fiction has to be believable.

2. Research is what I'm doing when I'm on Twitter instead of writing.

3. I can write better when I have cupcakes.

4. Sleep is an excellent way to sleep.

5. A room without a book is sad.

Books

Title: Vengeance Bound

Genre/s: Young Adult, Mythology, Paranormal
Publisher: Simon & Schuster FYR
Date Published: April 2, 2013
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Synopsis:

The Goddess Test meets Dexter in an edgy, compelling debut about one teen’s quest for revenge… no matter how far it takes her.

Cory Graff is not alone in her head. Bound to a deal of desperation made when she was a child, Cory’s mind houses the Furies—the hawk and the serpent—lingering always, waiting for her to satisfy their bloodlust. After escaping the asylum where she was trapped for years, Cory knows how to keep the Furies quiet. By day, she lives a normal life, but by night, she tracks down targets the Furies send her way. And she brings down Justice upon them.

Cory’s perfected her system of survival, but when she meets a mysterious boy named Niko at her new school, she can’t figure out how she feels about him. For the first time, the Furies are quiet in her head around a guy. But does this mean that Cory’s finally found someone who she can trust, or are there greater factors at work? As Cory’s mind becomes a battlefield, with the Furies fighting for control, Cory will have to put everything on the line to hold on to what she’s worked so hard to build.

Title: Promise of Shadows

Genre/s: Young Adult, Paranormal, Mythology

Publisher: Simon & Schuster FYR

Expected Publication: March 11, 2014

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Synopsis:

Zephyr Mourning has never been very good at being a Harpy. She’d rather watch reality TV than learn forty-seven ways to kill a man, and she pretty much sucks at wielding magic. Zephyr was ready for a future pretending to be a normal human instead of a half-god assassin. But all that changes when her sister is murdered—and she uses a forbidden dark power to save herself from the same fate.

Zephyr is on the run from a punishment worse than death when an unexpected reunion with a childhood friend (a surprisingly HOT friend) changes everything. Because it seems like Zephyr might just be the Nyx, a dark goddess made flesh that is prophesied to change the power balance. For hundreds of years the half-gods have lived in fear, and Zephyr is supposed to change that.

But how is she supposed to save everyone when she can’t even save herself?