In a sudden burst of energy this week (possibly attributable to my discovery of the delicious Belgian Chocolate Cornflake Square at Starbucks), I've revamped bits of this blog.
The 'Buy My Books' section now includes links to Amazon in the US and in the UK, where you (i.e. my gentle readers) can buy copies of my YA novel, RUINED. I'm not sure why it's available in the UK when it's not officially published here yet, but the books offered appear to be more or less the real thing.
The rest of my books - three novels, a short story collection, and The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories - are not available through Amazon, because they are published by Penguin New Zealand. (Warning to younger readers: these are for older readers, and I don't mean people who are 12 with a reading age of 14.) You can order these books from a number of book shops in New Zealand, and I have links in the BMB section to three of them. Overseas readers: the NZ$ exchange rate is always in your favor.
If you are a reader and want to write to me, send me a message at this blog or send a letter to me care of my agent, Richard Abate at 3Arts in New York. If you click on ABOUT at the top of the righthand column, you'll find his address. Sometimes I get mail via Scholastic and sometimes via the New Zealand Book Council, but I suspect the latter's patience, at least, is wearing thin.
At some point I need to get a real web site, created by a professional, but (as they say in the old Speight's commercial) no hurry.
Paula. With great difficulty I found exactly one copy of your novel Ruined in Malaysia. But I couldn't even order Trendy but Casual as the bookshop wouldn't let me.
Posted by: Jenn | November 10, 2010 at 10:44 AM
Hi Jenn - I suspect this is because the books are not officially published there. If you don't mind buying online, most bookshops in New Zealand can send TBC to you - they can order it if one isn't in stock. Let me know if you have any problems with this, and I'll talk to Penguin.
Posted by: Paula Morris | November 10, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Well, it seems to me that you truly remain trendy but casual :-)
ciao
A.
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