E. Lockhart's Blog, page 23

Teens: For the Girls Life Disreputable History book club stuff, click here. You can also send in your own pranks and amaze everyone!

And for instructions on how to throw a mad PRANK SLEEPOVER, go here.
Then, Random Buzzers is giving away a ton of audiobooks of The Treasure Map of Boys for people who write in questions to Ask Ruby. Go here to enter.
Oh, and the TEENS TOP TEN voting has begun!  If you are a teenager, you can vote. And you SHOULD. Because this is actually a chance to make sure your fa

Several things:

The Treasure Map of Boys launch has RUBY writing an advice column. Yes, even though she's a leper and a famous slut. Yes, even though she's certifiably mental and has been noboyfriend for 37 weeks. She is telling actual, non-fictional human beings what to do! The latest questions and answers are here (scroll down to the bottom). 



For librarians and booksellers, here is an adorable, free, downloadable "shelf talker" for the Roo books.
Libba Bray in a cow suit.  Her book, GOING BOVINE

Are you a Boston or Chicago area YA or children's librarian? I am coming to both cities in Sept. -- on tour for The Treasure Map of Boys.

There is one spot in each city at a schmoozy librarian and bookseller dinner. I would love to meet you!
So: Send me an email at elockhart@ earthlink.net by THE END OF TODAY, FRIDAY, and tell me in two sentences about your work as a librarian! I doubt there'll be too many entries, but if there are more than one for each city, my publicist and I will put names in

New cover for Larbalestier's Liar! 

The Ask Ruby feature on Random Buzzers got great response, so they extended it. Until August 30, you can anonymously ask Roo any question you like -- and then check back to see if she picked yours to answer. 

Here's where you ask (after logging into Random Buzzers):  Ask Ruby
And go here to see the forum where the answers are posted, including all Roo's advice to the lovelorn -- keeping in mind, of course, that she's only 17, possibly mental, a leper, and spends most of her time in the state of no

Random House made Ruby Oliver a website! 

It has an audio clip from The Treasure Map of Boys, an "ask Ruby" advice column, and the full text of "Bake Sale" -- my only Ruby short story. (aka, the one about the breast cupcakes)
I'll get links up on my e-lockhart.com site in the next couple weeks (after I finish revising Roo4)  but for now, you're the first to know! 
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/elockhart/

The story about the controversy over Justine Larbalestier's new book, Liar. In PW. 

And Justine's excellent blog post on the subject, here.
I'll add my two cents and say that when I started reading Liar (I've only just started it -- maybe 20 pages in), I was immediately struck by the disjunction between the character's appearance in the book and the appearance of the model on the cover. 
There is a lot of pressure from the big chain bookshops right now to put characters' faces on the cover of YA bo

A while back you guys asked for more blogging about my daily life and writing process. I keep trying, but it's so boring (the one) and so hard to articulate (the other). But here's a little.

I am sitting in a beautiful coffee joint with a tin ceiling. I am the only customer. I have eaten an almond croissant and I want another, but I don't want to become comatose from pastry deliciousness. The Beatles' Abby Road is playing.I am revising Roo4, AKA Real Live Boyfriends. That means I rearrange some b

The third book of Ruby Oliver's adventures, The Treasure Map of Boys, is out in four days. 

Publishers Weekly says this:"Smart, funny, neurotic Ruby Oliver (from The Boy Book and The Boyfriend List) is back, still struggling with confusing boys, former friends who now shun her and, of course, panic attacks....Fans will continue to root for the authentic if self-centered narrator as she relates both the hilarious and painful moments of her life... they will appreciate her honest insights about the

I completely failed to take ANY PHOTOS at the Printz awards. 

At the Newbery awards, I failed to meet Sherman Alexie, whose book I hugely love, even though he came up and chatted with the person with whom I was in conversation.
But otherwise, it was not a weekend of failure at all!  
I gave a speech. I wore an outfit. I got a prize and a beautiful red pin from the Printz commitee. I met Melina Marchetta, whom I have long admired, and the wonderful Margo Lanagan. MT Anderson was super dapper and men