Tracy Wolff

Tessa Adams (aka Tracy Deebs/Tracy Wolff) will sign and discuss Soulbound (Signet Eclipse; $7.99), the first book in her new Lone Star Witch Series.

Tracy Wolff collects books, English degrees and lipsticks and has been known to forget where—and sometimes who—she is when immersed in a great novel. At six she wrote her first short story—something with a rainbow and a prince—and at seven she forayed into the wonderful world of girls lit with her first Judy Blume novel. By ten she’d read everything in the young adult and classics sections of her local bookstore, so in desperation her mom started her on romance novels. And from the first page of the first book, Tracy knew she’d found her life-long love. Now an English professor at her local community college, she writes romances that run the gamut from contemporary to paranormal to erotic suspense.

Dana Cameron will sign and discuss the first book in her new series, Seven kinds of hell (47north; $14.95).

Dana Cameron's most recent short story is the hard-edged thriller "One Soul at a Time" (in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine). Her latest colonial noir story, "Disarming," won the Agatha and is nominated for the Anthony and Macavity awards: "Disarming" follow Anna Hoyt's adventures, beginning in the Edgar-nominated "Femme Sole" and continuing in "Ardent." Dana's latest Fangborn stories are "Swing Shift" and "Love Knot;" she is currently hard at work on a Fangborn novel. Dana lives in Massachusetts with her husband and benevolent feline overlords. Learn more at http://www.danacameron.com .

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Emily McKay will sign and discuss The Farm (Berkley; $9.99) .

Emily McKay loves to read, shop, and geek out about movies. When she's not writing, she reads online gossip and bakes luscious desserts. She pretends that her weekly yoga practice balances out both of those things. She lives in central Texas with her family and her crazy pets. She also co-writes young adult as Ivy Adams.

Location: Street: 2342 Bissonnet St Additional: City: Houston, Province: Texas Postal Code: 77005 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

For many of us, summertime is a celebration of reading opportunities beyond assigned curriculum.

MGSD’s Elizabeth hosts our 2012 Summer Reading Recommendations for Teens, with guest authors: Laurie Stolarz, Christine Fonseca, Tera Lynn Childs, Tracy Deebs, and Jessica Therrien.

Deadly Little Voices, Laurie’s latest Touch novel, chronicles Camelia’s efforts to devote herself to art school and use her gift of psychometry to help locate a missing girl.

Lacrimosa, the first novel in Southern CA author Christine’s YA Gothic series, The Requiem Series, examines the role of redemption and sacrifice.

Tara takes on several creatures of mythology, exploring Medusa’s descendants in Sweet Venom, and merfolk in Forgive My Fins.

And mermaids are also the focus of Tracy’s second installment in her tales of Tempest Maguire, as Tempest is torn between forces of land and sea in Tempest Unleashed.

SDSU graduate and author Jessica’s debut, Oppression, is book one of her YA paranormal romance/adventure series, Children of the Gods.

Location: Street: 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Additional: Ste 302 City: San Diego, Province: California Postal Code: 92111-1040 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)