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KELLI STANLEY
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CITY OF DRAGONS

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For press inquiries or review copies of CITY OF DRAGONS, please contact Sarah Melnyk at Minotaur.

You may also contact publicist at kellistanley.com for any press, review or interview queries.

News Flash!

Hooray! Arcturus lives! THE CURSE-MAKER (formerly CURSED), the sequel to NOX DORMIENDA, will be released early in 2011 from Thomas Dunne/Minotaur -- more details soon!

CITY OF DRAGONS had the great honor of being "reviewed to death" by DEADLY PLEASURES magazine in Issue #61 (Spring, 2010)!

EXTRA! Listen to Kelli read Chapter One of CITY OF DRAGONS in its entirety! Available as a podcast on WritersCast, or listen in through the Extras page!

More reviews, including Deadly Pleasures, Bookreporter.com and Flashlight Worthy, now up! Large-print edition of CITY OF DRAGONS will be available June 28th. FIRST THRILLS, the new International Thriller Writers anthology featuring New York Times Bestsellers with up-and-coming writers, is releasing June 22nd from Tor. Available in multiple formats, including unabridged audio and e-book, the anthology features Kelli's Miranda Corbie short story (and prequel to CITY OF DRAGONS) "Children's Day."

CITY OF DRAGONS was recently reviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle. Video interviews with Kelli, conducted by author Eric Beetner for Spinetingler Magazine, and JohnRay Gutierrez for Kepler's Books, are now on site!

There will be a trade paperback of CITY OF DRAGONS! Details forthcoming!

New reviews, including the Toronto Globe and Mail and the Petaluma Argus Courier! Also, a new radio interview with Kelli on the America's Bestselling Author series!

CITY OF DRAGONS reached #2 on the IMBA Bestsellers list for February ... THANK YOU!!

Your Book Club could win free copies of CITY OF DRAGONS! See Bookmovement.com for details ... contest ends March 17th!

NEW: Interviews with Kelli by David Wilk of Writerscast, and D.B. Grady of Pop Syndicate, as well as a video of Kelli reading CITY OF DRAGONS from the book tour--courtesy of author Holly West. See the City of Dragons Extras page!

CITY OF DRAGONS was chosen as a "Killer Book" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association! For all the latest news and reviews, please check the CITY OF DRAGONS page!

Tantor Media is producing the unabridged audio edition of CITY OF DRAGONS, read by Cynthia Holloway. On sale April 5th, 2010!

A large print version of CITY OF DRAGONS is coming June 2nd, from Thorndike Press!

Distribution through Amazon for CITY OF DRAGONS, which is a Macmillan title, has been restored -- you can now purchase it directly through Amazon in both hardcover and Kindle formats. Thanks to all Amazon customers for their persistence, patience and support!

First Thrills: High Octane from the Hottest Thriller Writers is now available for pre-order! Kelli's story "Children's Day"--a prequel to CITY OF DRAGONS--is included in the International Thriller Writers anthology. See the FIRST THRILLS page for more details!

Arcturus will return! CURSED (Maledictus), the sequel to NOX DORMIENDA, will be published by Thomas Dunne/Minotaur! Stay tuned for news on the publishing date. Roman noir continues!

CITY OF DRAGONS will be available through all major book clubs! It's been chosen as an Alternate Selection of The Mystery Guild, and will also be released through The Book of the Month Club and the Quality Paperback Book Club.

"Children's Day", a prequel to CITY OF DRAGONS, will be published in a new ITW anthology from Tor in June, 2010.

The anthology--entitled FIRST THRILLS--was announced at Thrillerfest on July 11th, and will contain twelve stories from "the bestsellers of today" and twelve stories from "the bestsellers of tomorrow." More on "Children's Day"

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NOX DORMIENDA, Kelli's debut novel, won the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award for best historical mystery of the year, and was a MACAVITY finalist (Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award).

Italian and Greek rights to NOX DORMIENDA have been sold. NOX will be available in a mass-market paperback from Mondadori, one of Italy's largest publishers. NOX will also be available in Greek (mass-market paperback) through Periplous.