Then 17 year old YA author Alexandra Adornetto weighed in in Melbourne’s The Agenewspaper. Because a couple of weeks ago the leader of our Opposition party, Tony Abbott, told the Women’s Weekly> that he hoped his daughters 1 would wait until they were married until they had sex, and that a woman’s virginity is “the greatest gift you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving.” Lots of other people have been saying it lately as well, particularly in Australia.

You can find her at her blog, and on twitter. She’s currently enjoying Battlestar Galactica and likes making monsters out of wool. She tends to write nerdy chick-lit for teens. Lili Wilkinson is the author of five books, including Scatterheart and Pink.

Her post today is a wonderful follow up to Sarah Rees Brennan’s post on double standards in Hollywood. It will be out in Fall of this year from Harper Collins.

Her first novel to be published in the US is Pink which is one of her very best. (Yes, even when I’m asleep.) She has had many wonderful books published in Australia as well as the UK and Germany. She’s one of the most talented, driven, organised people I have ever met. I have known Lili Wilkinson for many years now. Most are writers, but I also thought it would be fun to get some publishing types to explain what it is they do, teach you some more about the industry, and answer your questions, as well as one or two bloggers. Fortunately I’ve been able to line up a number of stellar guests to fill in for me. To stop Isobel, Chloe must push her developing abilities to their most dangerous limits, even if it means losing Alex forever.and giving the hungry dead a chance to claim her for their own.Due to boring circumstances beyond my control, I will not be online much in February. And she will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who threatens to take him from her. But the bond between them awakens the vengeful spirit of Alexander's past love, Isobel. Until she meets a mysterious stranger.Īlexander Reade is 157 years dead, with secrets darker than the lake surrounding Grange Hall and a lifelike presence that draws Chloe more strongly than any ghost before. Spending time at her grandmother's country estate in England is Chloe's chance to get away from her grief and the spirits that trouble her. And him being dead.really doesn't change a thing.Īfter the loss of her mother, Chloe Kennedy again starts seeing the ghosts that haunted her as a child. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Halo trilogy comes a beautiful and powerful new novel.Īlex is more real than anyone I've ever known.

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