My books are arriving at my local bookstores! When the awesome Angela informed me that my book Summoning the Phoenix had arrived at Kepler’s, I rushed to the bookstore as soon as I could.
I arrived at Kepler’s last night at the end of another event for Starting Up Silicon Valley: How ROLM Became a Cultural Icon and Fortune 500 Company by Katherine Maxfield, author and wife of ROLM co-founder Bob Maxfield. What I did not know was that Bob and his co-founder friends all attended Rice University! I’m always excited to meet other Rice alumni. So of course, I had to buy the book. Katherine was so kind and wished me luck as she signed it.
I scoured the children’s section and couldn’t find my book, not on the normal shelves nor the displays on the open floor. So I asked the awesome staff, and they directed me to the window right next to the entrance:
I’m beyond delighted that Summoning the Phoenix got its own window display!
And it’s right next to a picture of Amy Tan!
Or more accurately…a picture of Diana Gabaldon!
These are authors whose first books
majorly shaped me as a young adult reader.
And right behind my book…
a huge display dedicated
to George R.R. Martin:
I feel so incredibly lucky that my book at Kepler’s
is surrounded by so many of my literary influences!
That lime green box in the window is pretty spiffy.
I also love how the height of my book’s display is PERFECT
for kids’ line-of-sight as they walk in and walk out the store.
Hope people can make it to my book parties!!
New book beckons when
it’s on a shelf in a store,
waiting to be read.