Update – Ash Parsons https://ashparsonsbooks.com Website of Author Ash Parsons Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:26:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 You’re So Dead Coming Summer 2021 https://ashparsonsbooks.com/youre-so-dead-coming-summer-2021/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/youre-so-dead-coming-summer-2021/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:17:16 +0000 https://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=494 Kelsey Murphy at Philomel has acquired You’re So Dead by Ash Parsons. The YA comic thriller follows three best friends who sneak into an influencers-only festival (gone way wrong) on a private island in the Caribbean, only to discover a killer is in their midst—and they have to uncover the truth and solve the mystery. Publication is planned for summer 2021; Jodi Reamer at Writers House sold North American rights.

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It’s almost one month until my new book comes out! So, to thank readers who pre-order  THE FALLING BETWEEN US (a contemporary mystery and bittersweet romance about a rock star who vanishes)- I have book-goodies for everyone who pre-orders AND one lucky person will win the grand prize!  

(Guitar not included in the pre-order or grand prize, sorry! )

PREORDER THE FALLING BETWEEN US THRU THE LINKS BELOW or THROUGH YOUR LOCAL INDIE!

Amazon   –    Barnes and Noble  –   Books-A-Million    –   IndieBound   –   Target

WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE:

 

*A set of 6 character cards –each featuring a character from   The Falling Between Us

*A Bookmark

*A Signed Bookplate

 

IN ADDITION! – from the pre-order entries I receive, ONE LUCKY WINNER will be selected at random to win THE GRAND PRIZE!

THE GRAND PRIZE CONTAINS:

* One pair of blackbird earrings (sterling silver) for you or a friend

* Paintbox Soapworks  Blackbird Sorbetto Emulsifying Sugar Scrub  (11oz) – (OMG I love Paintbox Sugar Scrubs! This scent is divine and gender-neutral.)

(above, of course, to reflect main character, rock star Joshua Blackbird!)

AND ALSO

* 1 Circus Showgirl Paperblanks mini writing journal

* 1 Frame-worthy reproduction circus poster (11×14) – featurning MAY WIRTH from my Friday twitter series #CircusCrush (check it out starting 2/2/18! May is our first crush!)

(above reflecting main character Roxy Stewart’s love for the vintage circus!)

RULES & HOW TO ENTER:Pre-Order goodies available only WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! (so don’t delay!)

*The PRE ORDER CAMPAIGN is open internationally (cards, bookmark, bookplate)– WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

*PRE-ORDER GRAND PRIZE also open internationally! (although the sugar scrub might not make it – depending on international shipping regulations)

*To enter – Email your NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, and THE FALLING BETWEEN US PRE-ORDER RECEIPT IMAGE /Screen-shot/proof of purchase to: ash(at)ashparsonsbooks(dot)com  Receipt *must show* valid purchase!

*Preorder Campaign goodies will be mailed out on a rolling basis while supplies last! (until 3-13-18)

*The grand prize winner will be chosen at random & notified by email on The Falling Between Us release day, 3-13-18. —EDITED!!!NOPE!!!!  CHANGE OF PLAN – I forgot I would be traveling on release week!  The GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be chosen at random and notified by email on FRIDAY, MARCH 16th!

Thanks!!!

 

]]> https://ashparsonsbooks.com/pre-order-the-falling-between-us/feed/ 0 The Falling Between Us – Junior Library Guild Selection! https://ashparsonsbooks.com/the-falling-between-us-junior-library-guild-selection/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/the-falling-between-us-junior-library-guild-selection/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:32:36 +0000 http://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=323 I’m so excited and honored to share that The Falling Between Us is a Junior Library Guild Selection!

]]> https://ashparsonsbooks.com/the-falling-between-us-junior-library-guild-selection/feed/ 0 Still Waters Young Adult Book of the Year https://ashparsonsbooks.com/still-waters-young-adult-book-of-the-year/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/still-waters-young-adult-book-of-the-year/#respond Fri, 05 May 2017 15:25:27 +0000 http://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=277 I am so happy that Still Waters won Young Adult Book of the Year in my home state, thank you Alabama Library Association!

]]> https://ashparsonsbooks.com/still-waters-young-adult-book-of-the-year/feed/ 0 Literary Arts Fellow for the Alabama State Council on the Arts https://ashparsonsbooks.com/literary-arts-fellow-for-the-alabama-state-council-on-the-arts/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/literary-arts-fellow-for-the-alabama-state-council-on-the-arts/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2016 22:22:59 +0000 http://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=273 I’m very honored to be a Literary Arts Fellow for the Alabama State Council on the Arts.

]]> https://ashparsonsbooks.com/literary-arts-fellow-for-the-alabama-state-council-on-the-arts/feed/ 0 Ash Parsons is a 2016 PEN Literary Award Winner https://ashparsonsbooks.com/ash-parsons-is-a-2016-pen-literary-award-winner/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/ash-parsons-is-a-2016-pen-literary-award-winner/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:11:09 +0000 http://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=253 AshParsonsPENAwardWinner

Here I am with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and Katherine Patterson.
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]]> https://ashparsonsbooks.com/ash-parsons-is-a-2016-pen-literary-award-winner/feed/ 0 STILL WATERS on the TXLA Tayshas List https://ashparsonsbooks.com/still-waters-on-the-txla-tayshas-list/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/still-waters-on-the-txla-tayshas-list/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:35:35 +0000 http://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=228 So thrilled that STILL WATERS is on the TXLA Tayshas List! Thank you, Texas Library Association -YA Round Table for your work and for this honor.

]]> https://ashparsonsbooks.com/still-waters-on-the-txla-tayshas-list/feed/ 0 All the Dragons in the World – The Depiction of Sexual Abuse Exposure and Escape in YA Literature https://ashparsonsbooks.com/all-the-dragons-in-the-world-the-depiction-of-sexual-abuse-exposure-and-escape-in-ya-literature/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/all-the-dragons-in-the-world-the-depiction-of-sexual-abuse-exposure-and-escape-in-ya-literature/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:50:40 +0000 http://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=220 I wrote a piece for Teen Librarain Toolbox’s Sexual Violence in YA Literature Project (#SVYAlit ) – very proud to be included in this valuable resource.

]]> https://ashparsonsbooks.com/all-the-dragons-in-the-world-the-depiction-of-sexual-abuse-exposure-and-escape-in-ya-literature/feed/ 0 I will be at Page & Pallet bookstore with Mary McCoy on Saturday, August 1st! https://ashparsonsbooks.com/page-and-pallet-appearance-august-1/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/page-and-pallet-appearance-august-1/#respond Mon, 20 Jul 2015 22:21:16 +0000 http://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=208 Come say g’day!

]]> https://ashparsonsbooks.com/page-and-pallet-appearance-august-1/feed/ 0 Femme Fatales in The Mary Sue https://ashparsonsbooks.com/femme-fatales-in-the-mary-sue/ https://ashparsonsbooks.com/femme-fatales-in-the-mary-sue/#respond Fri, 01 May 2015 14:25:35 +0000 http://ashparsonsbooks.com/?p=214 Thrilled to have a piece up on one of my favorite websites, The Mary Sue …. “Femme Fatales and Tough Guys: Exploiting and Subverting Tropes in Contemporary YA.” Check it out!

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