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fandomania'Twilight' brings supernatural fiction to life, boosts genre
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY
Stephenie Meyer may be the reigning queen of teen vampire novels (and USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list), but there are plenty of authors ready to take a bite out of her kingdom.
Meyer's best-selling Twilight series has been the biggest story in publishing for months. But with no new Meyer title on the horizon, young fans are quenching their thirst for paranormal fiction by turning to other authors — and publishers are eager to benefit from the Twilight bump.
New and established writers are jumping on the bandwagon with novels featuring everything from vampire finishing schools to the young, beautiful vampire glitteratti of New York.
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AFTER 'TWILIGHT': Try sinking your teeth into these series
Teen paranormal fiction is "one of our strongest and growing categories," says Sandee Roston of HarperCollins Children's Books. She says the publisher is seeing more and more manuscripts in the genre. "And it's not just vampires," says Roston. Werewolves, zombies and other creatures are also taking center stage.
Taking advantage of the heat surrounding teen paranormal fiction, HarperTeen in June will send five of its young-adult authors on a "Supernatural Summer" tour.
Among them is Aprilynne Pike, whose faerie drama Wings, out in May, carries a quote on its jacket from Meyer ("Wings is a remarkable debut"). Kelley Armstrong and Kim Harrison, best-selling authors of adult novels with paranormal themes who are now writing for teens, are also part of the tour.
Mother and daughter writing team P.C. and Kristin Cast will set out on their first national book tour next week promoting Hunted, Book 5 in their increasingly successful House of Night teen vampire series, and the first published in hardcover.
Critics praise the Casts' series, but there's no denying they're satisfying a hunger fed by Meyer.
"She has done a great job of reminding teenagers how much fun it is to read," says P.C., 48, who lives in Tulsa with Kristin, 22. "Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading Twilight and want something else like it."
Marked and Betrayed, the first two books in the Casts' series, were published in 2007. They began showing up on USA TODAY's best-seller list last year when sales of the Twilight books were at a fever pitch.
"The Casts' books do stand on their own and have had a great word of mouth since their release," says Barnes & Noble's Ben Ruby, "but certainly the Twilight phenomenon directs a kind of attention to them that gives them a lot of good exposure."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-03-09-twilight-bump-main_N.htm
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY
Stephenie Meyer may be the reigning queen of teen vampire novels (and USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list), but there are plenty of authors ready to take a bite out of her kingdom.
Meyer's best-selling Twilight series has been the biggest story in publishing for months. But with no new Meyer title on the horizon, young fans are quenching their thirst for paranormal fiction by turning to other authors — and publishers are eager to benefit from the Twilight bump.
New and established writers are jumping on the bandwagon with novels featuring everything from vampire finishing schools to the young, beautiful vampire glitteratti of New York.
...
AFTER 'TWILIGHT': Try sinking your teeth into these series
Teen paranormal fiction is "one of our strongest and growing categories," says Sandee Roston of HarperCollins Children's Books. She says the publisher is seeing more and more manuscripts in the genre. "And it's not just vampires," says Roston. Werewolves, zombies and other creatures are also taking center stage.
Taking advantage of the heat surrounding teen paranormal fiction, HarperTeen in June will send five of its young-adult authors on a "Supernatural Summer" tour.
Among them is Aprilynne Pike, whose faerie drama Wings, out in May, carries a quote on its jacket from Meyer ("Wings is a remarkable debut"). Kelley Armstrong and Kim Harrison, best-selling authors of adult novels with paranormal themes who are now writing for teens, are also part of the tour.
Mother and daughter writing team P.C. and Kristin Cast will set out on their first national book tour next week promoting Hunted, Book 5 in their increasingly successful House of Night teen vampire series, and the first published in hardcover.
Critics praise the Casts' series, but there's no denying they're satisfying a hunger fed by Meyer.
"She has done a great job of reminding teenagers how much fun it is to read," says P.C., 48, who lives in Tulsa with Kristin, 22. "Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading Twilight and want something else like it."
Marked and Betrayed, the first two books in the Casts' series, were published in 2007. They began showing up on USA TODAY's best-seller list last year when sales of the Twilight books were at a fever pitch.
"The Casts' books do stand on their own and have had a great word of mouth since their release," says Barnes & Noble's Ben Ruby, "but certainly the Twilight phenomenon directs a kind of attention to them that gives them a lot of good exposure."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-03-09-twilight-bump-main_N.htm
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