The Life Below, Alexandra Monir, Harper Teen – Naomi Ardalan is one of the Final Six, a specialist team sent out from a dying Earth to establish a new home for humanity on Jupiter’s moon, Europa.
Cindy Matthews
Cindy A. Matthews' articles and essays have appeared in over forty publications. She works as a freelance manuscript evaluator, book reviewer, and copy editor. Her writer's guide, Defeating the Slushpile Monster, was a finalist in the self-help/non-fiction category of the 2009 EPIC awards and is now available in print and in Kindle formats. More information about her editorial services and non-fiction works can be found at her web site/blog www.cindyamatthews.com
Writing as Cynthianna, Cindy has published contemporary and fantasy romantic-comedies. Cindy also writes sf/paranormal erotic-romance as Celine Chatillon. See her work on Amazon.com.
Glorious Boy by Aimee Liu
Glorious Boy, Aimee Liu, Red Hen Press – In the late 1930s Claire and Shep Durant move to the Andaman Islands, a far-flung outpost of the British Empire in the Indian Ocean.
Woolson: Collected stories edited by Anne Boyd Rioux
Woolson: Collected stories, Anne Boyd Rioux editor, Library of America – In her lifetime Constance Fenimore Woolson achieved a remarkable degree of commercial success as well as literary acclaim, an achievement almost unheard of for a woman author of the Victorian era.
Between Heaven and Hell by David Talbot
Between Heaven and Hell, David Talbot, Chronicle Prism – David Talbot made an impact on the American media scene as an author, journalist and founder/CEO of the early web magazine Salon.
A Book of Bones by John Connolly
A Book of Bones, John Connolly, Emily Bestler Books – PI Charlie Parker has unfinished business. The destruction of the evil Familist cult’s church in the backwoods of Maine during his last adventure uncovered the scent of something far worse, something that threatens the nature of the world itself.
Camp Clique by Eileen Moskowitz-Palma
Camp Clique, Eileen Moskowitz-Palma, Running Press Kids – Bea and Maisy are former best friends. Maisy joined a group of snobby girls in sixth grade and forgot all about her old pal Bea for the entire year.
Frances Hodgson Burnett edited by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Frances Hodgson Burnett – The Library of America – Whenever you ask middle school readers what their favorite novel is, you’ll often hear “I love The Sercret Garden!” Possibly you’ll hear, “I love A Little Princess, too!” as both of these classic tales have been turned into big-budget movies with gorgeous settings and great acting in recent times.
Christmas from the Heart by Sheila Roberts
Christmas from the Heart, Sheila Roberts, Mira Books – Livi Berg lives for her charity, Christmas from the Heart. In the small Cascades community of Pine River, the not-for-profit is all that stands between many folks and poverty at Christmas.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft: Beyond Arkham, Leslie Klinger Editor, Liveright Publishing – Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s stories of horror and the macabre are rooted in the Pulp genre, but he carved out a literary niche all his own with “Weird Fiction.”
