More Photos from the Brazil Tour!

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to share some photos of the second day on the Brazilian Tour--enjoy!

These signs were all over the streets of Rio--advertising INFINITO (EVERLASTING) for the Rio Book Fair!

First day at the fair when it was open only to school children--the floor was swarmed the next day!

View of the floor from the author's room upstairs.

My Brazilian publisher's (Intrinseca) awesome booth!

Another pic of the Intrinseca booth--I signed in the glass room, it was so well organized!

Couldn't resist posing beside the huge wall of IMMORTALS!

Dilma Rousseff! The President of Brazil at the opening ceremony!!

More to come--stay tuned!

Alyson

:)

Brazil in Pictures!

Hey Everyone-

Well, it's taken me a while to get them all sorted, but over the next several days I hope to post pictures of my recent Brazilian Book Tour-- before I head off on the Pen Fatale Tour next week!

So, without further delay, here is a look at day 1--enjoy!!

The trip to Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro!

The first stop on Sugarloaf

The husband & I at Sugarloaf

Amazing view of Rio!

More Rio!

Even more Rio!

Ascending into the mist--didn't get pictures up there--too windy and rainy and misty--but awesome all the same!

Stay tuned--more to come!

Alyson

:)

Pen Fatale Tour!

Hey Everyone-

Just wanted you to know that one week from today, the Pen Fatale Tour begins in Houston, TX, and I couldn't be more excited to sign alongside such amazing authors as Mary Pearson, Gabrielle Zevin, and Jessica Brody!

Hope to see you at one of the events listed below!

Pen Fatale Tour 2011

September 27 - October 15

TEXAS

September 28, 6:00 p.m.

Barnes & Noble

The Woodlands, TX

September 29, 7:00 p.m.

Off-site event hosted by Blue Willow Bookshop

Houston, TX

October 1

Austin Teen Lit Festival

Austin, TX

ILLINOIS

October 4, 7:00 p.m.

Anderson's Bookshop

Naperville, IL

COLORADO

October 5, 7:00 p.m.

Barnes & Noble

Boulder, CO

October 6, 7:00 p.m.

Tattered Cover

Highlands Ranch, CO

CALIFORNIA

October 9, 3:00 p.m.

Vroman's

Pasadena, CA

October 10, 5:00 p.m.

Upland Public Library

With Mrs. Nelson's Toy & Book Shop

Upland, CA

WASHINGTON

October 12, 7:00 p.m.

Third Place Books

Lake Forest Park, WA

October 13, 7:00 p.m.

Barnes & Noble

Lynnwood, WA

Videos from Brazil!

Well, I'm back from my amazing Brazilian Book Tour, facing down loads of laundry and going through serious coconut water and samba withdrawals!

I'm in the process of downloading the pictures to share with you--but, in the meantime, you can check out these videos. The first is from the signing in Curitiba, courtesy of Namoral TV, the second was done on my last day in Sao Paulo, courtesy of MTV Brazil.

Enjoy!

DREAMLAND In Stores Now!!!!

Hey Everyone-

I'm so excited to announce that book #3 in the RILEY BLOOM series, DREAMLAND, is now in stores!!

As I've said before, Riley is one of my favorite characters to write, and DREAMLAND was no exception!

In it, Riley's finding that the afterlife can be a lonely place when all you do is focus on work. So she goes to the place where dreams happen, hoping to find a way to contact her sister, Ever. She meets the director, who tells her about the two ways to send dreams. As a Dream Jumper, a person can jump into a dreamer's dream, share a message, and participate. As a Dreamweaver, an entire dream can be created in a studio and sent to the dreamer. But Dreamweaving was outlawed decades ago, and the studio was boarded up. Thinking it's her only way to reach out to her sister, Riley goes in search of the old studio. There she finds a ghost boy, who's been creating and sending nightmares to people for years. In order to stop him and reach out to Ever, Riley is going to have to confront and overcome her own fears.

I hope you enjoy Riley's adventures as much as I enjoyed writing them!! The trailer is below--enjoy!!

Alyson

xoxo