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- Uglies Read
In hopes of improving your pandemic experience, I’m reading all of Uglies aloud over on YouTube, chapter by chapter. The videos also include bonus writing craft commentary. This page has the buy buttons for anyone who wants to supplement those videos with physical or audio books. (Including the first two of the new Uglies quartet, […]
- New Uglies UK Covers
A fan recently told me about a weird argument she’d had with her friends. She was telling them that Hunger Games reminded her of the Uglies series, and they responded that I must have copied my ideas from HG, because it’s so popular. She pointed out that Uglies was published in 2005 and HG in […]
- Portuguese Uglies Trailer Rocks
Just got back from France last night, and have TONS of cool photos and videos to share. But I must get them organized first! Give me a day or two. In the meantime, there are exactly TWO more events in the not-quite-endless Behemoth tour: Miami Book Festival w/Darren Shan and Ellen Hopkins November 20 1:30PM […]
- Inkys, Chicklish, Uglies Video
Three quick things while I write the end (END!) of Leviathan. 1) Extras has been long-listed for a 2008 Inky Award. Go to the Australian YA site Inside a Dog to peruse the rest of the list. 2) An interview with me on the UK YA site Chicklish.com. 3) A wicked cool Uglies-inspired video from […]
- Uglies Character Names
Way back in this post, I gave a brief history and explanation of all the character names in Midnighters. As promised, and because you asked so many times, here is episode two of “Why I Chose the Names I Did.†All about Uglies! Tally Youngblood This was obviously an important one. Midnighters bounces between five […]
- Uglies on TV
I stumbled across something interesting today. It’s a review of Uglies by something called the Deabeat Club. But it’s not a “text-based” review; it’s internet TV! The Deadbeat Club is a Vermont public access show made available on the internet by a TV network called Chantz TV. To see their video-collage homage to Uglies, click […]
- Uglies in the NY Times
Naomi Wolf has an article in the NY Times today, in which she disses the heck out of Gossip Girl and its spin-offs. Also, Uglies gets a positive mention (see below). She starts by warning parents: They carry no rating or recommended age range on the cover, but their intended audience—teenage girls—can’t be in doubt. […]
- Library Event, Uglies in French
First, some event news. On Tuesday, July 12, Justine and I will be appearing at the Donnel Library in New York City. This is a Teen Central event, which means that only people 12-18 are allowed in. (No littlies or crumblies.) We’ll be talking about Magic or Madness and Uglies, and generally attempting to be […]
- Horizon
My next novel is the first in a seven-book series called Horizon. It comes out soon: January 17, 2017. (It’s already out!) Horizon is about a group of kids who are in a mysterious plane crash. When they step from the wreckage, they find themselves stranded, at odds, and in a jungle full of strange […]
- Horizon! (new series announcement)
I have a new series of books coming! (Also, some new appearances to announce, including SDCC. See below for details, but first:) This seven-book series is called Horizon. It’s about a group of kids who are in a mysterious plane crash and “step from the wreckage to find themselves stranded, at odds, and under threat […]