Several weeks ago, while scouring the internet in my never-ending quest for all things fascinating and wonderful in the land of books, I discovered that New York Times bestselling author Melissa Marr was offering a small number of copies of her books to schools and libraries, first come, first served. So, I sent her an email request. She responded very kindly and positively, and today...she visited the Library to present the Young Adult section with autographed copies of her books Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, and also a copy of Love Is Hell, a book of short stories by Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Gabrielle Zevin, and Laurie Faria Stolarz. Melissa even donated three T-shirts, and Ink Exchange temporary tattoos. Such generosity!
Wicked Lovely spent 11 weeks as a New York Times Bestseller, (going up to #2), was an LA Times fiction bestseller, and is on Amazon's "Best Books of the Year So Far" list (one of only TEN in the children/teen category).
I was completely surprised that she visited in person (I had thought that she would probably mail the books to us), but not too surprised to grab the nearest Melissa Marr fan and take a picture for this blog!
(l-r: Melissa Marr, Keira Richardson (holding the Library's new copy of Ink Exchange.)
Melissa is from this area. She grew up in Hollidaysburg and frequently visited our local libraries, and in her own words, "H-burg Library gave me hours of joy growing up."
You can visit Melissa Marr's website at www.melissa-marr.com. Her next book, Fragile Eternity, is coming out in April.
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