Update: September 2, 2010
Sample chapters of Hunt the Moon, the fifth Cassie Palmer novel, are available on the Books page, or click here.
Update: August 13, 2010
Congrats
to Melody Stone, Derek Pohl, Elizabeth Cerna and Sharon Stogner, the
winners of our audiobook contest. Just send in your snail
mail address and we'll get your prizes right out to you. Enjoy!
Update: August 12, 2010
New audio books just in, this time for Midnight's Daughter. They go to the first four people to write in and let us know you'd like one.
Update: August 11, 2010
Congrats to Ida Larsen, the talented artist doing the short story covers and thecharacter portraits for the gallery. One of the gallery images was just featured in a British
photoshop magazine as an example of great technique. Way to go,
Ida! If you'd like to see more of her work, you can visit
her on the web here.
Update: July 10, 2010
Congrats
to the winners in our audio giveaway: Mairead Jones, Sandra Dias,
Roksana Gabidullina and Katrina Player. Ladies, please send in
your snail mail info if you haven't already done so. If anyone
fails to claim their prize, it will go to the next name on the list. Thanks to everyone who entered.
Update: July 9, 2010
We just received author's copies of the audio version of Curse the Dawn. They'll go to the first four people who write in and tell us they want one.
Update: June 30, 2010
The
date for Cassie Palmer #5 has been set: June 2011! Yes, it's a
long time off, but we're happy to finally have a pub date. More
info will be posted as we receive it. And yes, for those who have
asked, another Dory book is in the works as well.
Update: June 29, 2010
We received a note today that may be of interest to those with friends or family with disabilities:
Hello, Karen Chance.
I saw the blurb on your website from
a while back saying that your books are being put into audio and that you were
pleased because the sight impaired could now read them.
I am a volunteer for Bookshare, an
organization that makes books available to individuals with verifiable print
disabilities, and most of your books are in the collection. A friend and
I are currently working on Death's Mistress and it should be added soon.
The books from Bookshare can be read
via Braille, audio, or on the computer. For more information, please
visit www.bookshare.org.
Thank you for writing such enjoyable
books.
Christina
We
regularly get, and turn down, offers to advertise on the site (hey,
it's tacky enough). The only ads, if you can call them that, are the
bookshops listed on the Books page, and they don't pay to be there.
They're simply people with small businesses who have helped get
the word out about the series since day one, and it's our way of saying
thanks.
We're also not being paid to flog Bookshare, in
case anyone is wondering. But we checked them out and they seem
legit. They're a nonprofit organization which receives free
copies of books and periodicals from publishers, and then transfers
them into formats usable by those with impairments that make reading
difficult. The service is free for students and charges a
small fee ($25.00 set up and then $50.00 per year) for adults. Sounds
like a decent deal if you know of someone who likes to read but is
having trouble finding books in a usable format.
Update: June 9, 2010
A
new portrait of Mircea is now available in the gallery. The first
image can still be seen in the short stories section.
Update: May 25, 2010
Dorina's
portrait is now available on the gallery page. It was done to fit
a short story that will be appearing in an anthology next year.
We think it looks very Dory!
Update: May 14, 2010
The ebook version of "The Queen's Witch" is now available on Smashwords. Just follow the link on the short stories page.
Update: May 13, 2010
"The
Queen's Witch" is now available on the short stories page. It's
one of the promised short stories for the year, in this case about the
Senate's chief spy, Kit Marlowe. As
soon as possible, I will have it converted and available on Smashwords
as an ebook. Enjoy!
Update: April 15, 2010
A message to my readers:
Some of you may notice that the free short stories are currently offline except for The Day of the Dead. Shadowland,
the John Pritkin short, has been yanked because I'm unhappy with it.
I think it's a good overall concept, but it isn't coming out
the way I'd like. I'm a perfectionist about my work (yes, I
know--it's sometimes hard to tell, but it's true) and I really don't
like posting things when I'm not 100% happy with them. And I'm
not happy with this.
I don't like promising things to
people and not following through, and I feel very badly about not
having the story online when I said I would. But I like even less
disappointing you because the quality of a piece isn't what it should
be. So here's the thing: I will write and post the shorts that
I've promised--all of them--but they will only go online when I feel
that they're truly ready. When I do get something that I
think may be worth your time to read, I'll post it and put a
message here to let you know.
Many thanks for your understanding and patience,
Karen
Update: March 15, 2010
We've just found out that Curse the Dawn
and the first two Dory books will be recorded by Tantor media as audio
books! This is something we'd hoped for, because some of our
readers are sight impaired and have no other way to keep up with the
series. Happily, it looks like the audio versions may be available as
early as this summer.
Update: February 22, 2010
We
just found out that the Cassandra Palmer and Dorina Basarab series
have been sold to Eksmo publishing to be translated into Russian.
That makes nine languages total for the series!
Update: January 20, 2010
We've just been informed that Death's Mistress is #25 on the New York Times' bestseller list for January 31, 2010. You go, Dory!
Update: January 15, 2010
We're happy to report that Death's Mistress made it to #135 on the USA Today bestseller's list, and to #15 on the Publisher's Weekly list. Thank you to all who have supported Dory's series!
Update: January 13, 2010
Great news! We just found out that Death's Mistress is #14 on the New York Times
mass market bestseller's list for January 24, 2010! This is the
first time a Dory book has hit the top fifteen, so we're all
celebrating around here. Also, our anthology Inked
made the extended list at # 34. A big thank you to everyone who
made this possible, and we really hope you are enjoying the books.
Update: January 5, 2010
I
have an announcement to make, but when they saw what it was the minions
refused to post it. They're off cowering in fear somewhere, leaving me
no choice but to do it myself. Damn minions.
Anyway,
it
feels strange to write 2010, doesn't it? That's a sci-fi
sounding date right there. But 2010 it is and since I have
been promising an update on the Cassie series for months now, I
thought I should make some sort of statement. So for the record, this is what's going on.
I
do have a contract for Cassie Palmer #5 and Dory Basarab #3.
I am working on the Cassie right now and expect to be finished
shortly. However, because Death's Mistress had to be pushed back three
months (due to my health problems at the time), my editor has decided
to delay the publication of Cassie #5. She's chosen the summer of
2011, I suppose to make absolutely sure that there's no difficulty
meeting the deadline this time.
I am trying to get the date adjusted, but if it does remain fixed,
I will do what I can to alleviate any withdrawal symptoms anyone
may feel by putting some short stories with different character's POVs
on the web site. Yes, they'll be free. Yes, this is a bribe
not to lynch me. No, they won't be deleted scenes or crap like that,
because most of my deleted stuff was deleted for a reason.
They'll be the same quality I write for publication (whatever you
may think that is) I'll just be "publishing" them here.
So
in the next couple of months, look for a short from John Pritkin's POV,
then a few months later one from Mircea and later on another from
Francoise. There may be more after that, depending on what my
schedule allows, but those are the ones I have in mind right now.
I hope you'll enjoy and, please, don't kill me. Remember,
ghostly fingers don't type too well.
Update: December 31, 2009
The Inked contest has ended and the winner's names have been posted on the contest page. Congrats to all, and happy 2010!
Update: November 20, 2009
In
really cool news, we're happy to report that BOTH Death's Mistress, the
second Dory Basarab book, and Inked, our anthology with lovely ladies Marjorie M. Liu, Yasmine Galenorn and Eileen Wilks, received 4 1/2 stars from Romantic Times magazine! That's actually a bigger deal than it probably sounds: we're sure that Romantic Times
has given out five star reviews before, but we've never actually seen
one of the elusive creatures. Ever. So this is about as good as it
gets. Here's hoping that everyone out there enjoys them as much!
Also, for anyone who didn't catch it, the second sample chapter of Death's Mistress
was posted on schedule. But the link is at the bottom of chapter
one, and judging by the emails we've been getting, it may not have been
too obvious. But it's there--we swear.
Update: August 8, 2009
A sample chapter of Death's Mistress is up on the Books page. Another will be posted next month. Also, we're happy to report that Touch the Dark
will be translated into Turkish. The rights have recently been
acquired by Pegasus Yayincilik TIC and the translation will be
published in 2010.
Update: July 13, 2009
The cover art for Inked is just in and we love it!
The first chapter of our novella, "Skin Deep", can now be read on the Books page.
In other news, Curse the Dawn will soon appear in German and Mandarin, and Touch the Dark has been licensed for translation into Hungarian!
Also,
we've been asked by readers for a place to ask questions and just
hang out and chat about the books. In a few days, therefore,
you'll notice a new forum link on the navigation bar. Stop in and
say hi.
Update: June 11, 2009
We've just found out that Touch the Dark
will soon be available in Italian. The rights have been sold to
Fanucci Editore and the translation will appear on the shelves within
the next two years. That makes seven languages for
Cassie: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin and
now Italian!
Also, our novella for the Inked
anthology due out next year has been finished and approved. It's
called "Skin Deep" and came in at a whopping 40,000 words! It
follows the adventures of Lia, the half-werewolf war mage from our
previous short stories "Rogue Elements" (in the Wolfesbane and Mistletoe anthology published last October) and "Vegas Odds" (in the Strange Brew
anthology coming out July 7). The first chapter of "Skin Deep"
will be posted to the Books page in July, so watch this space.
Update: April 15, 2009
We're thrilled (and extremely surprised) to announce that Curse the Dawn
debuted at #7 on the April 26, 2009 New York Times Bestseller list!
It also hit #110 on the USAToday list! All we can say
is a huge thank you to everyone who helped to make this
possible. We couldn't have done it without the fans
who believe in this series and love the characters as much as
we do. Thank you so very much!
On
a related note, the Cassandra Palmer series is being published in
France by Bragelonne Editions. Touch the Dark should appear
in 2010, with the others following shortly thereafter.
Update: April 12, 2009
We've
been asked if there are plans for a fifth Cassandra Palmer
novel. The answer is yes. As soon as a definite date is set,
we'll be sure to post it here.
Don't forget to look for "Vegas Odds", our short story in the Strange Brew anthology this summer, and the second Dory book, Death's Mistress, on January 5, 2010.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who bought Curse the Dawn. It took ten long months to complete, and was easily the most
labor intensive book we've ever done. It's also our favorite and
it's wonderful to finally have it on the shelves. We
just hope you have as much fun with it as we did!
Update: March 26, 2009
Great news! Touch the Dark and Claimed by Shadow
are going to be brought out in Portuguese by Edicoes Gailivro in
Portugal. The tentative publishing date is 2010.
Update: January 28, 2009
Curse
the Dawn has a trailer. Visit the Books link above to get a
preview of the most exciting Cassie Palmer yet!
Update: January 26, 2009
We've just learned that Midnight's Daughter, the first Dory Basarab novel, has been picked up for publication in German by Piper Verlag. On that same note, the sequel, Death's Mistress, has a cover! Well, a preliminary one, anyway. We love it--what do you think?
Update: November 21, 2008
Great news--We just learned that Embrace the Night and Midnight's Daughter will be
brought out in Spanish by La Factoria de Ideas, the same publisher
who licensed the rights to Touch the
Dark and Claimed by Shadow.
Update: November 6, 2008
"The Day of the
Dead" short story is now available online for free. Go to
the Books page, or just click here.
Update: October 31, 2008
The first two chapters of the fourth
Cassandra Palmer novel, Curse the
Dawn, are up on the Books page.
Update: October 30, 2008
We just received some very good news.
It looks like there will be a sequel to Midnight's Daughter, called Death's Mistress. It should
appear around this time next year. More on this when we have a
definite date. What a
great Halloween present!
Update: October 25, 2008
Thanks to everyone who made Midnight's Daughter a New York Times extended list (#26)
and a USA Today (#117)
bestseller!
Update: October 14, 2008
The trailer for Midnight's Daughter is now up on
the Books page. Enjoy!
Update: September 29, 2008
Ever
want to read an anthology story but didn't really want to buy the
entire book? Yeah, us, too. So we were intrigued by
Penguin's newest thing, e-Specials. They've decided to offer
certain novellas and short stories as individual purchases. One
of these is our novella "Buying Trouble", originally published in the On the Prowl anthology last
year. It is a nice companion piece to Midnight's Daughter and, at $2.99,
it won't break the bank. If you're interested and have an e-reader (Mobi /Kindle, Sony, Adobe, Palm, or MSReader)
you can take advantage of the new e-edition. It will be available on 10/14 through Sony, Amazon, Mobi, or at www.penguin.com.
We have a very limited supply of Midnight's
Daughter
magnets free to anyone who wants one. Just send us your snail
mail address. But don't wait too long; we expect to run out
soon.
Update: September 24, 2008
We
just learned that the Cassandra Palmer series will be published in
Chinese! King-In Publishing in Taiwan will be bringing it out
within the next 18 months. Now, if only we could read the
translation!
Update:
August 26, 2008
New
cover art just in! Curse
the Dawn has a cover, and we couldn't be happier.
Like the book, it's
tough, gritty and a little bit quirky.
Update: May 31, 2008
A new contest for summer has
been added to the contest page. Have fun, and have a great
summer!
Update: May 22, 2008
We are happy to report that
the fourth Cassandra Palmer book will be entitled Curse the Dawn.
A tentative publication date of April 2009 has been set.
Update: May
21, 2008
Lots
of news this month:
Embrace the
Night stayed on the NYT and USA Today bestseller lists for
three weeks! Thanks again to all who made that possible.
Tantor Media
will be
offering the first three Cassandra Palmer books on audio!
We're
very excited about this, since it is the first time any of our work has
been recorded. We don't have a release date yet, but will let
you
know as soon as we do.
Claimed by Shadow
has sold to La
Factoria de Ideas S. L. and will shortly be translated into Spanish.
Likewise, the Dorina Basarab novels have been picked up for
publication in the UK, Australia and New Zealand by Penguin UK.
The review contest recently ended. A big thank you to all who
took the time to write a review of ETN. It's sometimes
difficult
to put into words just what worked/didn't work for you about a novel,
and we really appreciate those of you who made the attempt. A
random drawing was held of all entrants and we have a winner: Alina D.,
please contact us with your snail mail address and your preferred prize
(ipod Nano or iTunes gift card). And if the former, please specify
color.
Update:
April 9, 2008
We're very pleased (and even
more surprised) to announce that Embrace
the Night is #6 on the New
York Times
bestseller list for April 20, 2008! You know what, let's bold
that: Embrace the Night
is #6!!! Huge
thank yous to everyone who helped make this possible. We love
the
series and we're so happy and grateful that you do, too. No cute little
comments this time, just honestly--thanks so very, very much.
Update: April
5, 2008
We've
had a lot of people ask, so thought we'd mention that, yes, there is
another Cassie Palmer novel in the works. The tentaive
publication date is April 2009. More information will be
posted
here as soon as we get things a bit more nailed down. And a
big
thank you to everyone who made Embrace
the Night, the third Cassie Palmer novel, a USA Today
bestseller for week ending March 30!
Update: April 3, 2008
Hey, Herself is guest blogging
over at Penguin
this week to celebrate the publication of Embrace the Night.
Some of the content will be familiar to regular readers here,
but
a good bit is new stuff, too. Check it out if you get a chance!
Update: March 20, 2008
A
new newsletter just went out containing the names of our recent contest
winners. If you didn't receive one, check out the online version above
and see if you won!
Update: March 2, 2008
A new, live-action version of
the Embrace the Night
trailer is up on the books page, or you can watch it here.
Update:
February 15,
2008
New cover art just in! We're thrilled with the cover
for Midnight's Daughter,
the first Dorina Basarab novel, which will hit the stands
in October 2008. We think the gritty, urban feel of
it
really represents the tone of the story. Check it out!
We also recently received the
cover for Wolfesbane
and Mistletoe,
the Christmas anthology that includes our story "Rogue
Elements."
As usual with Charlaine Harris's covers, it has a quirky,
funky
feel we really like. Check it out below. A
description of
our story has also been added to the Books page.
Update:
January 22,
2008
It
always happens: we put out a newsletter and then we get more news.
The Cassie Palmer series has been picked up for publication
in
German by Piper Verlag! No
news about publication dates
yet, but we'll keep you informed. Glückliches neues Jahr!
Update:
January 19,
2008
The
short
story "Rogue Elements" has been accepted for the Toni L. P.
Kelner/Charlaine Harris anthology Wolfsbane
and Mistletoe, to be published in October 2008.
Other authors participating include Donna Andrews, Keri
Arthur, Patricia Briggs, Dana
Cameron, Alan Gordon, Simon
Green, Toni
Kelner, J.A. Konrath, Nancy Pickard, Kat Richardson, Dana Stabenow, Rob Thurman and Carrie
Vaughn. The
anthology is all about werewolves and Christmas (what a
combo!) and should be fun.
Another short story, "The Day of the Dead" featuring
Tomas, will be published in the Mammoth
Vampire
Anthology by UK publishers Constable and Robinson
in July 2008. Keri
Arthur, Jenna
Black, Alysson
James, Caitlin
R. Kiernan, Vicki
Pettersson, Lilith Saintcrow
and Shiloh
Walker are also on board for that one.
Update:
January 14, 2008
We've
just received word that the Cassie Palmer series has been picked up by
Penguin UK to be published in Great Britain and Australia/New Zealand.
W00t! To celebrate, a graphic novel (aka comic
book)
version of the
first chapter of Embrace
the Night has been posted to the books page, or
you can see it here.
Update: December 7, 2007
What's
that you say? You wish we'd get off our lazy butts and do a
book
trailer? Well, all right then. See it on the Books
link
above, under Embrace the Night.
Update: November 12, 2007
We're pleased to
announce that the Spanish language rights to Touch the Dark have
been sold to La
Factoria de Ideas S. L. That's right. We're
corrupting the world, one language at a time.
Update: October 26, 2007
Scary, isn't he?
Although he
has nothing on the old man.
From our
motley crew to yours, a very spooky Halloween.
Update:
October 21, 2007
Embrace
the Night
bookmarks have arrived! Send us an e-mail if you want one,
and
please remember to include the snail mail address to which you'd like
it mailed. If you've sent us a request in the last couple of
months for promo materials and haven't received them, drop us another
line. Our staff is great with the mayhem, but not so much
with
the filing.
Update: September 20, 2007
Two sample chapters from
the third Cassie Palmer book, Embrace
the Night, have
been added to our new and improved Books page. Check them out
when you get a
chance--we're really excited about this one! A corresponding
new contest is up on the Mailing List page.
Update: August 8, 2007
On
the Prowl is out and our contest winners have been
announced! Please check the Mailing List page to see if your
name
is among the lucky few. If not, don't despair: a new contest
is
on the way! Check back in September for a chance to win
signed
copies of Embrace the
Night,
the third Cassandra Palmer adventure.
Update: May 16, 2007
The third installment of
the
Cassie Palmer series has a name and a new, earlier release
date! Embrace
the Night will be published
in April, 2008. An excerpt will be posted here this
summer.
Watch this space!
Update: April 21, 2007
We're regularly asked
who does the
amazing cover art for our books. It's the fabulous Larry
Rostant. You can visit him and see other examples of his work here.
Update: April 20, 2007
Well. We hope
you're all
proud of yourselves. Ever since Claimed by
Shadow
somehow landed on the New York Times extended list (#33) and the USA
Today bestseller list (#111) the Author has been even
more
impossible to live with than usual. And believe us, that's
saying
a lot. We've
informed her that the whole thing was undoubtedly a typo, but it hasn't
produced any obvious deflation in the head to body ratio. The
only good thing is that, at the rate things are going, she soon won't
be able to fit through the door of her office, giving us some much
needed rest. Until then, we know who to blame.
Update: April 11, 2007
How to be a literate
bad ass:
One of our Delinquents
sent us
this and we simply had to post it. Thanks for sharing,
Shannon!
Update: April 8, 2007
The sequel to Claimed by Shadow
now has a release
date! Cassie's next adventure will be available in May
2008. Another book in the same universe, Midnight's Daughter,
will also be
out in October 2008. A big thank you to all our readers for
helping to make this series possible!
Update: February 18, 2007
To read two sample
chapters from
our upcoming novel, Midnight's
Daughter, click
here.
Update: December 1, 2006
To read a sample
chapter from our
novella, "Buying Trouble," click here.
Update: November 3, 2006
The anthology featuring
our
novella, "Buying Trouble", now has a title. On the Prowl will
be released from Berkley in August,
2007.
Trust us, it's hot!
Update: October 31, 2006
Our favorite holiday is
here
again, and in celebration we offer a small gift in the form of the
first two chapters of Claimed
by
Shadow. Just click on the Books link above and
enjoy!
Update: September 29, 2006
The cover art for Claimed by Shadow
is here at
last! We've been biting our talons to the quick in
anticipation,
but it was definitely worth the wait! It is shown on the
Books
link above.
Update: July 31, 2006
Very cool news just in:
we're
going to have a novella called "Buying Trouble" in a collection
including the wonderful Patricia Briggs. It'll be out in
August,
2007, and we'll report on the title and cover art as soon as they're
available. It's going to be one terrific read.
Update: June 6, 2006
Considering the date, we know
that many of
you are out partying like it's the Apocalypse, but we have an
announcement to make anyway:
Touch
the Dark is finally out! To celebrate, we have a
new
contest (which will go online June 7, assuming we're all still here)
after the Author recovers from the hangover she is certain to have
tomorrow.
Dante's first newsletter recently came out with the winners of our last
contest (for really bad supernatural jokes). Wow, did we hit
the
jackpot there! If you would like to receive a copy delivered
to
your mailbox on the few occasions per year we actually get around to
writing one, sign up on the Mailing List page. Thank you, you
may
now resume revelry.
Update: May 10, 2006:
The debut of Touch the Dark is
less than a month
away! Five more reviews have been posted to the Books page
with
more to come soon.
We are pleased to announce that the sequel, Claimed by Shadow,
has been
finished and approved by Roc. Cover art will posted here as
soon
as it becomes available.
For anyone who has yet to enter our contest, remember that the three
winners will be announced on June 6, so get your names in now.
Update: January 31, 2006:
The first two chapters of Touch the Dark are
now up on
the books page. In addition, some new reviews from web sites
with
exquisite taste and discerning judgment have been added.
