Rob Thurman

What Jia’s Been Reading in February

What Jia’s Been Reading in February

It looks like my reading’s slowed down a bit compared to last year but I’m determined to keep putting these together on a monthly basis. Last month I discovered I hadn’t read any books not for reviewing purposes, which is rather sad, so I aimed to fix that this month. Blackout by Rob Thurman This(…)

ACE/ROC Holiday Giveaway

ACE/ROC Holiday Giveaway

Welcome to Ace and Roc’s fabulous forthcoming books giveaway, just in time for the holidays! Thanks again to Dear Author for giving me this opportunity to let you know about some of our terrific upcoming titles. As always, there are too many great books for me to mention all of them, so you can look(…)

REVIEW: Deathwish by Rob Thurman

Dear Ms. Thurman, I’ve made no secret of the fact that I love your Cal Leandros series.   Its blend of fast-paced action, sarcastic humor, and supernatural mayhem should appeal to anyone who’s ever loved the Winchester brothers on Supernatural.   Except in these books, not only do we have the above but we also get a(…)

My First Sale by Rob Thurman

My First Sale by Rob Thurman

Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Rob Thurman writes urban fantasy for ACE.   Her current release, featuring the Leandros brothers, is in stores now. Deathwish made it to #26 on the NYT Bestseller list.   In the(…)

Best of 2008 List: Reviewer Jia

Jia is our YA, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Crossover expert.   Jia came to us a year ago and provides great insight from the otherside of the genre fence.   She’s the one that brought Suzanne Collins to our attention here along with lesser known fantasy authors (or at least lesser known to me) like Rob Thurman.    THE(…)

Dear Author Recommends for March

Madhouse by Rob Thurman is recommended by Jia. (Thurman is a woman if that matters to you and I have to admit I have a pro-female author bias so I thought I would throw that out there). Madhouse is a continuation of a series about two brothers which started with Nightlife and its sequel, Moonshine.(…)

REVIEW: Madhouse by Rob Thurman

Dear Ms. Thurman, I can’t remember exactly how I first discovered your books. When your first novel, Nightlife, came out a couple years ago, I dismissed it as just another straight urban fantasy. We already have Jim Butcher and Simon R. Green for that. Then I read a couple favorable blog reviews that made it(…)