I’m pleased to welcome author Eva Gordon to the blog today. Eva is the author of Apocalyptic Moon, a new paranormal romance, zombie apocalypse novel, published by The Wild Rose Press. Eva is here today to talk about Apocalyptic Moon, the first in the After the Bane series. So, please welcome Eva… Ravaged by a global zombie pandemic, humanity’s survival depends on the secret society of shifters, but can they be trusted? Apocalyptic Moon, book 1 in the After the Bane series, takes place during the zombie apocalypse. However, most zombie…

Please welcome author Yolanda Sfetsos to the blog today. Yolanda is the author of urban fantasy series, Sierra Fox, published by Samhain Publishing. Hi everyone! It’s great to be here today, so I’d like to thank Book Chick City for having me over. Today, the latest book in my urban fantasy series from Samhain Publishing was released into the world. And although I recently finished writing the fourth one, I still remember the process I went through to write it. This installment was a really fun one for me because…

I’m very pleased to welcome Mary Wine to the blog today. Mary is the author of the historical steampunk romance novel, A Captain and a Corset, the second in the Steam Guardians series, published at the beginning of this month by Sourcebooks Casablanca. She’s also the author of the historical romance series, Highlander. Please give Mary a warm welcome as she goes through her Top 10 80s Songs. My top ten…oh my, that question in itself is just pure temptation! Insert evil cackle here. Should I go straight for dessert? Who…

Jenna Bennett is the author of Tall, Dark and Divine, a paranormal romance published by Entangled. She also writes and self-publishes The Savannah Martin Mystery Series, the first of which is A Cutthroat Business, and as Jennie Bentley writes the Do-it Yourself Mysteries published by Berkley Prime Crime. Jenna is here today to talk about Tall, Dark and Divine. Hi Jenna! Welcome to Book Chick City. Could you please explain to our readers what Tall, Dark and Divine is about? Tall, Dark and Divine is a paranormal romantic comedy about a young woman named…

Kate Byrne – Senior Commissioning Editor I joined Headline in 2006 as an Editorial Assistant and now, nearly seven years later, I am a Senior Commissioning Editor. I look after Headline’s Eternal Romance list, a digitally focused imprint which publishes across the board in genre romance fiction – historical, suspense, contemporary, erotic and paranormal. We published our first Eternal Romance titles in the second half of 2012, launching with two paranormal romances by international No. 1 bestselling author Sylvia Day. A TOUCH OF CRIMSON and A HUNGER SO WILD are…

I’m very pleased to welcome P.J. Schnyder to the blog today. Bite Me is the first in a new series called London Dead by P.J. and published by Carina Press. As the title of the book and series suggests, it is set in a post Zombie-ridden London. Please give PJ a warm welcome as she goes through her Top 10 Weapons for a Zombie Apocalypse. A “go bag” is a practical thing to have prepared in the case of any number of catastrophes. Floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other such natural…

Hannah Love – Junior Press Officer I turned up to my interview at Walker and announced that I wrote my thesis on paranormal romance, but that I’d also done an extensive study of picture books. Apparently this and my painful over enthusiasm for Children’s Literature were the main reasons I got my job. I’m the Junior Press Officer at Walker Books, and I also manage the majority of the teen list. When a lot of people think of Walker, and it’s logo of the bear and the candle, their mind…

Helen Arnold - Key Account Manager I always wanted to work in book publishing, but I realised very early on into a month or so of work experience post-university that I lacked the patience to be an Editor! I also couldn’t get used to the papercuts that are an occupational hazard of working with big manuscripts all day long. What I do have, however, is an energetic approach to organisation and the endless enthusiasm (and sharp listening skills) of a Labrador. I’ll admit I’m also ever-so-slightly ruthless and money-driven – in…

Nina Douglas – Senior Publicity Manager Hello! My name is Nina Douglas and I head up the PR for Indigo (Orion’s YA list) and Orion Children’s Books. I work with another publicist – to date this has been a press officer, but I’m thrilled that I’m now in the process of recruiting someone with more experience to work for me! We sit within the Orion Group General Division PR team, which is seven publicists in total and also as a part of the Orion Children’s/ Indigo team, which is also…

Brid Enright – International Sales I am a member of the international sales department at Headline Publishing Group. Our role is to sell Headline’s books to territories all over the world. It is a varied and challenging role but it does have some pretty sweet benefits. The main one being that we get to travel to lots of different places. I now look after our Australian and New Zealand territories. This involves liaising with our sister companies in Australia and New Zealand so that we can publish our books to…

Julie Crisp – Editorial Director For those of you who don’t already know me I’m the Editorial Director of Tor UK, Pan Macmillan’s science fiction and fantasy imprint. I work across a variety of speculative fiction and my authors include Peter F. Hamilton, China Miéville, Amanda Hocking, Seth Patrick, Mark Charan Newton and Adam Nevill. I’m incredibly lucky in that I’m working across a spectrum of authors that I’d read naturally as a fan. I picked up my first horror novel; Stephen King’s IT, from my Dad’s bookshelves when I…

Becci Sharpe - Publicity Manager If you want to be a good book publicist there’s a simple rule to live by, thou shalt have no favourites amongst authors. And yet, no two books are the same. It’s the variety that makes it so exciting. As a publicity department of one here at HoZ, in March alone I’ve run three very different publicity campaigns. I’ve done events for non-fiction author and humanitarian Sir John Holmes, watching him debate with the likes of MP Hilary Benn and Dame Barabara Stocking – the then…

Lusana Taylor – Publishing Assistant I came to Choc Lit as an intern but have been working in the role of publisher’s assistant for nearly half a year. Before getting a job at Choc Lit, I worked in a bookshop for five years. I have a BA degree in English Literature and Creative Writing and a Master’s degree in Publishing Studies. A lot of people are under the impression that publishers sit around reading books all day…well, that’s not exactly the case at Choc Lit. We sit around reading books…

Welcome to Sunday Love-in! This is a new feature where an author shares one of their favourite smexy-time scenes from their latest book, tells us the reason for their choice and then shares the scene with us with a delicious excerpt. Enjoy. In the third Delicious novel, LUSH, the heroine, Mary Whaley is a woman who has a full life. She’s got several businesses and a plan for her future. She’s got friends and family around her who love her. She doesn’t need for anything. And into that life comes Damien Hurley,…

Grace Menary-Winefield – Editorial Assistant As an Editorial Assistant at Piatkus Books, I get to read a lot of gory, sexy, magical and sometimes scary genre fiction. It certainly keeps the excitement up in the offices! Of course, I’m around to help out the editors as well, keeping their lives in order just that little bit more and easing their administrative load so they can focus on bringing exciting new talent to the Piatkus imprint! Life can be busy! Oh yes, deadlines loom and proofs are rushed to production in…