Remain In Light now at Powell's Books

I'm delighted to announce that fabulous Portland indie Powell's Books now has  Remain In Light in stock and you can order copies online at this link. Remember to support the indies when you're shopping for books. Ordering a book from Powell's website most definitely counts.

Reader D. Young posted a great review of the novel at Amazon a few days ago: Collin Kelley's "Remain in Light" is an entertaining, plot-twister of a novel, in a setting that is gorgeously rendered throughout. You can read the full review at this link. Thank you!

Remain In Light reading Jan. 31

If you're in Atlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 7:15 p.m. please come out to the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St., for my debut reading from Remain In Light hosted by Georgia Center for the Book. Bound to be Read will be selling copies of both Remain In Light and Conquering Venus, so bring cash, cards or checks. There will be a Q&A and autographing session after the reading.

In other book news, author Jenny Milchman has featured my "Made It Moment" essay about the creation of my novels at her Suspense Your Disbelief blog. You can read it at this link. Thank you, Jenny!

Remain In Light a finalist for Townsend Prize for Fiction

The big news I've been wanting to share for a couple of weeks can now be shared: Remain In Light is one of the 10 finalists for the prestigious 2012 Townsend Prize for Fiction.

Previous winners of the prize include Alice Walker, Ha Jin, Kathryn Stockett, Judson Mitcham, Terry Kay, Philip Lee Williams and my friend and mentor Ferrol Sams. To even be nominated in the same category with these authors who have inspired me is the true honor. The award will be given at a ceremony in April at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

If you haven't read it yet, the book is now available in paperback or eBook. You can see a list of where to buy it in the sidebar of this blog.

Remain In Light out now in paperback

The trade paperback of my mystery/suspense novel, Remain In Light, is now available in paperback from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Powell's will have it soon. If the novel is not on the shelves of your favorite local bookstore (fewer and fewer small press books are these days), then please ask them to order a copy. Once again, thank you for your support. If you're in Atlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 7:15 p.m. please come out to the Georgia Center for the Book event for my debut reading from Remain In Light. I hope to be scheduling other readings both in Atlanta and elsewhere for later in 2012.

Pre-order paperback of Remain In Light

You can now pre-order the trade paperback of my mystery/suspense novel Remain In Light at Amazon. The book is $14.95 and Amazon has Jan. 5 as the release date, although it might be a few days later than that. It will be exciting to hold the physical book in my hands after living with it in eBook format since October. If you would like the eBook edition, there are two additional retailes who are carrying Remain In Light: the Apple iBook store and Kobo. Don't forget to mark your calendars for the big launch event at Georgia Center for the Book on Jan. 31.

Happy Holidays!

Galeries Lafayette, Paris

If a shiny new Kindle, Nook or other eReader is under the tree this year or if you're just looking for something new to read, check out the fabulous free eBooks available for a limited time at the Indie Book Review blog. My mystery/suspense novel Conquering Venus is one of them, so this is a perfect time to get caught up with The Venus Trilogy before Remain In Light comes out in paperback next month. Visit this link to see all the eBooks available. Better hurry, because this won't last long. Thanks to Lisa Graves for putting this together!

Speaking of Remain In Light, mark your calendars for the big launch reading on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 7:15 p.m. being hosted by Georgia Center for the Book at the Decatur Library Auditorium. The paperback will be available for purchase. 

Remain In Light reviews & updates

Remain In Light received a glowing review from David-Matthew Barnes at Lambda Literary. You can read it at this link.

Georgia Magazine featured Remain In Light in its big literary round-up in the December issue (print and online). You can read the magazine online at this link.

Amazon still has the eBook for $2.99. Bargain! 

Finished the edit for the print layout for the trade paperback and Vanilla Heart says we're still on track for a mid-January release. The launch will be Jan. 31, 7:15 p.m. at Georgia Center for the Book.