Kill You Last nominated for the 2012 Edgar!!!!!

Kill You Last nominated for the 2012 Edgar (as in Poe) Award by the Mystery Writers of America

Competing against books by Harlen Coben and Maureen Johnson

http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html#YA

Kill You Last .... Very Good Book List Review

Advanced Review – Uncorrected Proof
Issue: February 1, 2012
Kill You Last.
Strasser, Todd (Author)


After three teenage girls go missing, the police and the media camp outside Shelby’s home, where her fashion-photographer dad had previously taken photos of the girls as part of his modeling business.

Everyone knows Dad is “borderline creepy” with young girls. Is his agency a scam? Is he the serial killer?

 As in the best mysteries, the final revelation is both a total surprise and yet no surprise at all; how could Shelby––and the reader––have missed the prime suspect?

Nice WISH YOU WERE DEAD Review

http://princessoflit.blogspot.com/2011/12/wish-you-were-dead-by-todd-strasser.html

My Review: I loved this book! Which is funny, because I hated the first Todd Strasser book I read, Famous...but whatever. It was exciting and fun to read, and I really liked the main character, Madison. She was sweet and simple---not too complicated and annoying. The plot was really intriguing and it even started to creep me out as it went on, which is good, because "creepy" books RARELY creep me out. It was a quick, fast read, and cut straight to the point. The short POVs from the killer were actually pretty scary! I'll admit, the end kind of let me down a LITTLE, because it wasn't as freaky as I thought it'd be...but it was freaky enough, for a teen thriller, and so I'm good.

Garrison School Visit 11/15/11

 Novelist Todd Strasser led energetic, engaging writing workshops with all of our Middle School English Language Arts classes today.  His presentations today were described as "beyond fabulous!"

Now Available! Book #3 in the Thrillogy!

Shelby never imagined that her family would be the subject of a police investigation, but that's what happens when three teenage clients of her fashion photographer father go missing. Shelby's seemingly perfect life of hot sports cars, travel, and unlimited shopping trips crumbles when her dad is named a prime suspect in the girls' disappearance.

What's the connection between the missing girls and her father? Is he as innocent as he claims? Does the great-looking guy who works with her dad have anything to do with the threatening e-mails she's been receiving?

If I Grow Up on 2012 Louisiana Teen Reader List

Unlike some state lists, this one only has ten books.

http://www.state.lib.la.us/ltrc2012/books.php?booknum=10

Sports, Muscles, and Body Hair

http://www.amazon.com/Sports-Muscles-Body-Hair-ebook/dp/B005SFPZZC/ref=sr_1_58?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1317764072&sr=1-58

With the passage of time, what seemed so important in sixth grade became less so.