Alpha O8 LogoTamora Pierce will be at the Greensburg, PA Barnes & Noble July 22, Alpha SF/Fantasy and Horror Workshop for Young Writers in Greensburg July 23 - 24 - and Tammy and Tim will be at Confluence SF Con in Pittsburgh July 25 - 27.

New Tammy Picture! Tim's so happy....Tamora Pierce

Author, fantasy books for teenagers

Updated July 19, 2008
With more updates to Tammy's 2008 Schedule

Go to Tammy's and Julie Holderman's Teens' and Kids' Fantasy & SF Convention LiveJournal Community


THE DEVILS PANTIES Vol. 2 by Jennie Breeden

Support Web Cartoonist (and Tamora Pierce fan) Jennie Breeden - go to your local comic book store and request they order THE DEVIL PANTIES Vol. 2 (in hardcover!), or order online via Amazon

Also - see Jennie's pictures of meeting Tammy at PenguiCon here!

For a bit of silliness - how about the (largely unofficial) Tamora Pierce LOLCat Association?

TERRIER has been nominated for the 2009 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award!

Audio links to FIRST TEST and TERRIER audiobooks (published by Random House Audio), updates to Tammy's 2008 Appearance Schedule, updates on MELTING STONES, review of WHITE TIGER TPB, and an updated description of the Beka Cooper: A Tortall Legend series

MELTING STONES imageMELTING STONES, Tamora Pierce's original novel for audio from Full Cast Audio, is on Audible.com's "Best of 2007 for Kids and Young Adults" list!

Talk With Tammy on Her Public LiveJournal!

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IRONSIDE by H. BlackOUT OF THE WILD by Sarah Beth DurstTammy's Picks for Cool New Books

  • OUT OF THE WILD by Sarah Beth Durst (sequel to her acclaimed first novel INTO THE WILD, below)
     
  • FAIRY TALES FOR WRITERS by Lawrence Schimel, "a magic mirror to the joys and struggles of the creative process and the writing life"
FAIRY TALES FOR WRITERS by Lawrence Schimel

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Forthcoming Books and Stories Through 2009:

NOTE: Beginning with TRICKSTER'S CHOICE, Scholastic Australia is publishing trade paperback editions of Tammy's Tortall books concurrently with Random House U.S.'s hardcover editions.

Following the publication of TRICKSTER'S QUEEN, however, Scholastic U.K. is no longer Tammy's publisher in Great Britain and the rest of the English-speaking world (outside Australia, New Zealand and Canada), and there is at this time no publisher for these territories. Until further notice, if you wish to purchase import copies you may do so via online bookstores like Amazon. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.BLOODHOUND Cover

  • MELTING STONES Scholastic US hardcoverFall, 2008: MELTING STONES in US hardcover and Australian paperback from Scholastic US and Scholastic Oz
  • 2009: Circle Novel about Briar, Evvy and Rosethorn in Yanjing, published simultaneously in US Hardcover and Australian paperback 
  • Spring, 2009: BLOODHOUND, the second book in the Beka Cooper series, published simultaneously in US Hardcover and Australian paperback
  • Future books contracted for, which do not yet have a publication date (or, "Are you going to write any more books about....")

Appearances 2008:

NOTES: - Tammy will be doing signings at all appearances
- At bookstore signings, please check with bookstore in advance regarding whether you can bring your own books or must purchase from store, and if so how many

  • July 18 - 27 - Greensburg, PA
    Alpha SF/Fantasy and Horror Workshop for Young Writers, University of Pittsburgh's Greensburg Campus (teenagers interested in attending read guidelines on site)
  • July 22 - Brentwood (Pittsburgh), PA
    Brentwood Public Library, 3501 Brownsville Rd (412-882-5694), 7 PM
  • July 23 - Greensburg, PA
    Barnes & Noble, 5155 Route 30 (724-832-0622), 8 PM - Alpha students readings, then author signings
  • July 25 - 27, Pittsburgh, PA
    Confluence SF Con, Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh Airport, 8402 University Boulevard, Moon Township (412-329-1400 for hotel info) - Tammy and Tim will be on program there
  • August 8 - 10, Chicago, IL
    Terminus, a Harry Potter Conference, Hilton Chicago Hotel, 720 South Michigan Ave. - Tammy will be a Keynote Speaker there (click here for ticket information to her speech)
  • August 14 - Tammy will be appearing at the following libraries in North Carroll Country, MD and York County, PA:
    - 10:30 AM - Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Hanover, PA (717-632-5183)
     - 2:00 PM - North Carroll Branch Library, 2255 Hanover Pike, Greenmount, MD
    (410-386-4480)
     - 7:30 PM - Martin Library, 159 E. Market St.,York, PA (717-846-5300)
  • August 29 - September 1, Atlanta, GA
    DragonCon, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree St. NE; Tammy will be on program there
  • September 26 - 28, Baltimore, MD
    Baltimore Book Festival
    , The Children's Bookstore, 737 Deepdene Road (410-532-2000)
     - Tammy and Bruce Coville will be attending
  • November 8 - Rochester, NY
    Rochester Children's Book Festival, Monroe Community College, Brighton Campus, 1000 East Henrietta Rd. - Tammy will be attending with Bruce Coville
  • November 28 - 30 (Thanksgiving Weekend), Timonium, MD
    Darkovercon 2008, Holiday Inn Select Baltimore North, 2004 Greenspring Dr. (410-252-7373 for hotel info) - Tammy and Tim will be on program there
  • December 6 - Searcy, AR
    Harding University, 915 E. Market Ave. (501-279-4000); Tammy and Bruce Coville will be attending "full cast style readings on stage" of their work

Network for Good - Hurricane Katrina relief including animal rescue

Network for Good - links to nonprofits aiding victims of Hurricane Katrina (including animal rescue)


Jennie Breeden of The Devil's Panties Web Comic reads Tamora Pierce....

...and Tammy reads Jennie Breeden! (print publication by Silent Devil, Inc.)

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"Tamora Pierce FanKlub" on Forlaget Tellerup's site (in Danish)

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Electronic Frontiers Foundation

MoveOn - "Democracy in Action"


Diana Hynn Jones TOUGH GUIDE TO FANTASYLAND - one of Tammy's all-time favorite books!
Diana Wynne Jones's "Revised and Updated Version" of The Tough Guide to Fantasyland is now available from Puffin Books!

Hurricane Katrina donations to the American Red Cross

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Click here to go to GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH TAMMY page
"A Talk With Tamora Pierce" on VHS & DVD from Tim Podell Productions

Scrap aka Lioness on Tammy's desk in NYCTamora Pierce's cat Lioness, the basis for the "Scrap" character in WOLF-SPEAKER, died on July 7, 2008 as a result of a form of rapid-onset cancer.  She was 16 years old.

Tammy and Tim request that those who wish to show their condolences donate to the No-Kill Shelter or Trap-Neuter-Release program of their choice.

Farewell, Scrap - Mommy and Daddy will always love and remember you.


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