What's New:

Many authors start their web pages with biographical information, but frankly, I think I've led a very boring life. (That's not a complaint. "May you live in interesting times." really is a curse, and "May you lead an interesting life." is even worse.) When I go to my favorite authors' web sites the thing I'm really looking for is, What's Coming Out Next!

Crown of Earth, last book in the Shield, Sword and Crown trilogy is now in the bookstores. I love this whole series, and I’m really happy with this last book—it’s probably the best ending book I’ve ever written.

Player's Ruse, third in the Knight & Rogue series, will be out in January '10. The last book, Rogue’s Home tackled Fisk’s family, so now it’s time to take on Michael’s love life. Remember cousin Rosamund? Who knew she was so much trouble?

I’m delighted to report that The Goblin Wood has now become a trilogy! Well, it’s become the first book in a trilogy. The second book, The Goblin Gate, is the story of how Tobin’s brother Jeriah copes with the mess Tobin has left behind...and that’s only the beginning of his problems. Gate has gone through copy edit, I’ve seen a rough sketch of it’s fabulous cover. The Goblin War is finished, and has gone to my editor—who will soon get back to me for another round of revision. And if you thought Tobin and Makenna were in trouble before...

In order to remind everyone about the first book, and maybe bring some new readers to the series, HarperCollins is going to post Goblin Wood as a free e-book download on their website, and it should be available fairly soon.

I’m also planning to made a digital audio recording of Goblin Wood—reading it myself—and make it available on both my website as a free download and to podcast it. So you’ll be able to listen to Goblin Wood on your MP3 player, and in other formats, if I can sufficiently figure out the tech. And develop a reading voice that isn’t so fast no one can understand me. And stop wincing when I hear my own voice reading aloud. This is going to be an interesting experiment, and I hope it will be available sometime in the late spring.

The book I’m currently writing is the second in my new two-book series. (Can you call it a series if it's only two books?) The Trickster’s Girl has gone through copy-edit, and I believe it’s coming out in fall of ’10. The second book, The Traitor’s Son will probably come out in ’11. They’re YA fantasy in a near future SF setting, and it's not quite like anything I've done before. The tone is a bit more edgy, urban fantasy style, but it's got a sexy lying shapeshifter instead of sexy vampires.