writing...uh, is there anything else? Animals, cooking (but not at the same time), reading, music, staring off into the distance, and obsessing over pro football (especially the Baltimore Ravens).
Oz (for the fine writing not the naked men) (Really)
Scrubs
Six Feet Under
The Simpsons
The Sopranos
Twin Peaks
Books
Someplace to Be Flying, Charles de Lint
Good Omens, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
The Sparrow and Children of God, Mary Doria Russell
Stupid and Contagious, Caprice Crane
High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
The Time Quartet series, Madeleine L'Engle
Jitterbug Blues, Tom Robbins
Stormy Weather, Carl Hiaasen
Bloodsucking Fiends, Christopher Moore
Uglies-Pretties-Specials, Scott Westerfeld
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Comics:
Sandman
Transmetropolitan
Fables
Y: The Last Man
Top Ten
Heroes
My mom, my dad, my sister, my brother, Albert Schweitzer, Gandhi, anyone willing to put their life on the line to protect or save others, anyone who works for peanuts (or nothing) to help people or animals, anyone who fights for the environment. Oh, and Jon Stewart. And Strong Bad. And especially Bill Hicks, may he RIP.
Jeri Smith-Ready is in the last week of Blogtoberfest! YA authors guest-blogging about Halloween & Homecoming, and a grand prize of >300$ in books! Posted at 3:01 PM Oct 27 view more
"Jeri Smith-Ready has created a set of strikingly original, fascinating characters, rich with as much style and rhythm as the music her vampires love."
— Rachel Caine, bestselling author of the Weather Warden series
"An addictive page-turner revving with red hot sex, truly cool vampires, and rock 'n' roll soul."
— Kresley Cole, New York Times bestselling author of A Hunger Like No Other
"Shane is sure to be the next it vampire on the literary scene...It’s Twilight for adults!"
— Shooting Stars Magazine
Wicked Game is now in mass-market paperback
Hi! I’m Jeri Smith-Ready, award-winning author of romantic urban fantasy. (Did that sound cheesy? I mean, my name is up there on the profile, but it felt rude not to introduce myself here.)
I'm very excited about my new vampire series from Pocket Books, which began May 13 with Wicked Game:
A novel of sex, blood, and rock 'n' roll
Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin tries to redeem herself by saving a vampire radio station from corporate takeover—a matter of life and un-death for her new friends, including hot-and-cool grunge DJ Shane McAllister. But when she boosts ratings by turning their vampiric natures into a marketing gimmick, the ensuing publicity has unintended—and deadly—consequences.
Welcome back! You can preorder Wicked Game from Mysterious Galaxy, the world’s greatest bookstore, where all True FriendsTM shop, and where you’re likely to get an autographed copy, or you can preorder from Amazon.
Here's a condensed playlist for Wicked Game:
I also write the award-winning Aspect of Crow fantasy series, set in a world where everyone has magic according to their Guardian Spirit—sort of X-Men meets Clan of the Cave Bear. Charles de Lint called Eyes of Crow "an absolutely delightful coming-of-age novel," which will keep me happy 'til the day I die. The sequel, Voice of Crow, just came out in October 2007, and the trilogy will conclude with The Reawakened this November.
Take a personality quiz to find out which Animal from the book you'd be. Make your friends and family take it—are you compatible, or do you fight like Cougars and Wolves? Send me your results to enter a monthly prize drawing.
My first novel was Requiem for the Devil, an urban fantasy about the Devil falling in love. It takes place in modern-day Washington, D.C., where Lucifer masquerades as a political consultant. (Not really a fantasy, I know.)
To keep my head in the real world, I foster not-so-magical shelter dogs and puppies for an animal rescue organization called Tails of Hope Sanctuary. You should send them money, or at least really nice thoughts.
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Bad To The Bone is coming May 19!
Who I'd like to meet:
Anyone who loves books, music, vampires, animals, the NFL, or any combination thereof. If you wrote a book about a vampire football team with musical mascots—or a song about a vampire football team with mascots who form letters with their bodies—I’ll make you a Top Friend for sure. Then I’ll have you committed.
As mentioned above, I want to meet bands and do my small part to help independent musicians find exposure, in the spirit of Wicked Game. Together, we can change the world (or at least show it a good time).
Hey! Yeah, I had a page on here before, deleted, then had the brilliant idea to start another that I haven't been using! Facebook and Twitter are a bit more useful for keeping in touch, I think, though it's nice to have some sort of almost-web page here.
I hope everything's going well with you! How's the work with the Shade series coming?
Hey Jeri, That book was the best book i have read in a while..No i ended up moving to a small town in nevada and they dont have a library here and the closet place i go to a big city is almost 200 miles away and i only go there a few times a months...So thanks for being a great wirter and keep it up...
