Welcome to the Saturday Spotlight, a weekly feature that shines the light on Indie and Debut authors. This week and to start off the year 2014, I have the pleasure introducing readers to:
L.S MURPHEY
~Author of One More Day~
Top Ten Book Inspirations
by L.S Murphey- 2014
1. Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas – Steve’s journey inspired me in so many ways. This is the book that inspired me to become a young adult author.
2. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut – My first Vonnegut experience was “Harrison Bergernon” in 8th grade. I loved that story, but Slaughterhouse-Five opened the world up for me.
3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson – This book taught me that YA could be literature and not just “kiddie books.”
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Who doesn't want a Mr. Darcy to call their own? And who doesn't relate to Elizabeth Bennett? Just a great romance.
5. The Alienist by Caleb Carr – My first real experience with historical fiction, and I loved this novel. In fact, I read it every couple of years.
6. The Tortall books by Tamora Pierce – I love strong characters, and Pierce was writing YA before YA was cool. Her characters leap off the page and live inside you head.
7. Girl of Nightmares by Kendrae Blake – I loved Anna Dressed in Blood, so I was excited to read Girl of Nightmares. Rarely does a second book live up to expectations though, but Girl of Nightmares was so brilliantly executed, it was better than its predecessor.
8. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green – I strive to be this good one day. John Green set the bar so high with this novel, I don’t know if there will be another book in the near future that affects me as much as this did.
9. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller – Brilliant, dark novel that has stuck with me since I read it in HS.
10. The Curse Workers trilogy by Holly Black – A great, dark trilogy. Black writes some of the best flawed characters you can’t help by love.
1. Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas – Steve’s journey inspired me in so many ways. This is the book that inspired me to become a young adult author.
2. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut – My first Vonnegut experience was “Harrison Bergernon” in 8th grade. I loved that story, but Slaughterhouse-Five opened the world up for me.
3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson – This book taught me that YA could be literature and not just “kiddie books.”
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Who doesn't want a Mr. Darcy to call their own? And who doesn't relate to Elizabeth Bennett? Just a great romance.
5. The Alienist by Caleb Carr – My first real experience with historical fiction, and I loved this novel. In fact, I read it every couple of years.
6. The Tortall books by Tamora Pierce – I love strong characters, and Pierce was writing YA before YA was cool. Her characters leap off the page and live inside you head.
7. Girl of Nightmares by Kendrae Blake – I loved Anna Dressed in Blood, so I was excited to read Girl of Nightmares. Rarely does a second book live up to expectations though, but Girl of Nightmares was so brilliantly executed, it was better than its predecessor.
8. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green – I strive to be this good one day. John Green set the bar so high with this novel, I don’t know if there will be another book in the near future that affects me as much as this did.
9. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller – Brilliant, dark novel that has stuck with me since I read it in HS.
10. The Curse Workers trilogy by Holly Black – A great, dark trilogy. Black writes some of the best flawed characters you can’t help by love.
L.S. Murphy lives in the Greater St. Louis area where she watches Cardinals baseball, reads every book she can find, and weaves tales for teens and adults. When not doing all of the above, she tends to The Bean (aka her daughter), her husband and a menagerie of pets. She is the author of romance novellas A Reason to Stay and Neighbors. Her debut novel Reaper, a YA paranormal romance, is now available.
She is a member of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the St. Louis Writer’s Guild.
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What if today never ends?
What if everything about life—everything anyone hoped to be, to do, to experience—never happens?
Whether sitting in a chair, driving down the road, in surgery, jumping off a cliff or flying ... that's where you’d be ... forever.
Unless ...
In One More Day, Erika Beebe, Marissa Halvorson, Kimberly Kay, J. Keller Ford, Danielle E. Shipley and Anna Simpson join L.S. Murphy to give us their twists, surprising us with answers to two big questions, all from the perspective of characters under the age of eighteen.
How do we restart time?
How do we make everything go back to normal?
The answers, in whatever the world—human, alien, medieval, fantasy or fairytale—could, maybe, happen today.
Right now.
What would you do if this happened ... to you?
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