Three weeks left until the Gallery Books edition of The People We Keep is on-sale! I’ll send a custom TPWK guitar pick to 25 readers who email preorder receipts to info@allielarkinwrites.com. (They’re also pretty handy as bookmarks). Winners will be selected using a random number generator. Hardcover, ebook, audiobook and Book of the Month receipts are all eligible. Thank you so much to everyone who entered the first preorder giveaways! If you didn’t win the last one, your entry is automatically rolled over into this new giveaway. This giveaway closes on Monday, July 19 and stay tuned for a … [Read more...]
Four Weeks Until Pub Day for The People We Keep! + A New Pre-Order Surprise!
Four weeks left until the Gallery Books edition of The People We Keep is on-sale! I designed 25 different bookplates with personal photos or found images specifically related to the book, and I’ll sign and send one each to 25 readers who email preorder receipts to info@allielarkinwrites.com. I won’t print these designs again, so each bookplate will be one-of-a-kind! Winners will be selected using a random number generator. Hardcover, ebook, audiobook and Book of the Month receipts are all eligible. Thank you so much to everyone who entered the first preorder giveaway! If you didn’t win the … [Read more...]
The People We Keep is a July Book of the Month!
So excited THE PEOPLE WE KEEP is a July pick from Book of the Month! And huge huge thanks to Rachel Bilson for choosing TPWK and sharing a beautiful write up of the book on the BOTM website. BOTM members can get a special edition of The People We Keep before publication day! And if you're new to BOTM, there's a code on the site to get your first book for $9.99! … [Read more...]
Goodreads Giveaway for my new novel, THE PEOPLE WE KEEP!
I’m thrilled to tell you that my publisher, Gallery Books, is giving away 50 advance reader copies of my new novel, THE PEOPLE WE KEEP on Goodreads! You can enter here, or you can find the giveaway by searching for Allison Larkin or THE PEOPLE WE KEEP on Goodreads. I hope you’ll enter! I hope you win! I hope you enjoy this book. I’ve been working on it since before I finished STAY and these characters feel like they come from every piece of my heart. I’m so excited to share them with you. … [Read more...]
On WXXI News Connections with Evan Dawson
So thankful to Evan Dawson for taking this time to talk with Rochester ex-pats about the California wildfires. You can listen here. I'm on just after the five minute mark, and I encourage you to listen to the whole episode. Hearing Alison Konecki & Alex Wegman's first person accounts of their experiences is extremely powerful. And as an environmental social scientist, Joseph Henderson brings valuable, thoughtful perspective to the discussion. … [Read more...]
WHY CAN’T I BE YOU is on Sale Through 10/19!
My second novel, WHY CAN'T I BE YOU has a brand new cover! And, it's a BookBub Deal, priced at $1.99 in all ebook formats through 10/19. https://www.bookbub.com/…/why-can-t-i-be-you-by-allie-larki… If you haven't read it yet, this is the best time to grab an ebook. If you have, can you help me spread the word by recommending WHY CAN'T I BE YOU to a friend? Most ebook formats even let you buy a gift code to pass the book along as a surprise! This book is a story of finding self and connection by pretending to be someone else. It’s also full of fun and pop culture and friendship … [Read more...]
3Ws – Margaret Dilloway
What do you create? I write family dramas with strong female characters that usually explore what it means to be biracial (i.e. women's fiction). I've also got a middle-grade fantasy series coming out in the spring that puts a twist on the Japanese folk tales my mother told me, told from the POV of a snarky 12-year-old-boy (at last finding a good use for my treasure chest of fart jokes). Why do you create? I've always written to figure out how I feel about things, and to entertain myself and others. It's like I can't process my emotions until I write about them. So I'm a … [Read more...]