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Whistling Past the Graveyard 3rd Printing

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Whistling Past the Graveyard Book CoverWhistling Past the Graveyard is headed toward its third hardcover printing at Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster!

We’ve been looking for first editions, and have not been able to come up with any, so if you find one, snap it up!

How can you tell if it’s a first edition? It’s easy. All first editions of Whistling Past the Graveyard are clearly marked “FIRST EDITION” on the publishing page (you know, the one with all the copyright stuff, library organizational information and that all publishing occurs in New York) that we never read because the narrative is really bad. For some reason not all books are marked in a similar fashion. Nobody seems to know why.

But you can also identify a first edition of Whistling from ten feet away. How? Look for the teal paper under the dust jacket.

Gallery Books was so excited about the release that they spent extra on some really nice teal paper that blends in well with the jacket artwork. They haven’t been able to get any more in time for the reprints, so the second editions are tan and we’re soon to find out what color the third editions will be.

Whistling Past the Graveyard in the Chicago Tribune

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Whistling Past the Graveyard Book CoverSusan Crandall and Whistling Past the Graveyard are mentioned along Chuck Klosterman’s latest, I Wear the Black Hat in a Chicago Tribune article entitled “There is evil in the world … and good!”

Article author Liz Smith says of Whistling Past the Graveyard:

“I just closed a new book by the prolific Susan Crandall (she has written nine novels!) It is titled “Whistling Past the Graveyard” and is the latest pride and joy of its publishers — again, Simon and Schuster. This is a work of imagination in the mind of a 9-year-old child that might remind you of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” or Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help.”

It’s a real winner!”

Not too shabby! The entire article is an interesting read, as Smith weaves events from Whistling, I Wear the Black Hat and 30 Rock to tell tales of good and evil from her own life. It’s worth a look if you’ve got the time.

Susan Crandall in Chicago

We’d be remiss to mention the Tribune and leve out Susan’s upcoming visit to the Book Cellar in Chicago on September 27, 2013. She will be doing a reading and a signing in her old stomping grounds (she lived in Chicago for seven years almost a lifetime ago)! Event details can be found on the 9-27-2013 Book Cellar event page here at SusanCrandall.net.

Susan Crandall Interview on Book Talk Radio

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Susan Crandall recently appeared on WYPL Memphis’ Book Talk Radio for a 30 minute interview on writing and her latest novel, Whistling Past the Graveyard.

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Source: WYPL Memphis Book Talk Radio Podcast

New Susan Crandall Website

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New Susan Crandall Author WebsiteWelcome to the new and improved Susan Crandall Author Website! We have all the same old stuff, and will be adding more ad time goes on, all with a great new look and feel.

The change was forced in part by the success of Whistling Past the Graveyard and the increased traffic it has brought to SusanCrandall.net. The increased attention has been great for the most part, but as always, a few bad apples can ruin the bunch. With the increased traffic, the website became much more appetizing for internet spammers who sent their bots to sign up for user accounts to try to bombard all of our good readers with their less-than-appropriate advertising messages. We’ve bee able to keep it off the site, but was becoming a fairly time intensive process to do so. So we upgraded! Now they should be stopped automatically (for the most part) from even signing up for an account.

Unfortunately, in the change, we lost most of the user profiles we previously had. If you’re among those who lost their profile, we truly apologize, and ask that you take a few moments to sign up for a new account, or simply start signing in using one of your social network accounts like Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads or Google Plus (does anyone use Google Plus?).

So welcome, and we hope you participate in the conversation as the buzz surrounding Whistling Past the Graveyard continues to grow!

The site is still under construction, so if you have any problems or suggestions for things you’d like to see, please send a message to content@susancrandall.net.

Win a $25 Gift Card for Facebook Reviews

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Whistling Past the Graveyard Facebook ContestFor all readers on Facebook, we’ve got a special treat. If you LOVED Whistling Past the Graveyard and want a shot at one of three (3) $25 Visa gift card, we will be drawing from anyone who likes the Whistling Past the Graveyard Official Facebook Page and leaves a short review between now and July 31, 2013.

Reviews need to be between 30 and 150 words and include a star rating on a 1-5 scale. Entries must be the entrant’s own, original words, and not copied from another book review.

Example: “5 Stars – I loved Whistling Past the Graveyard. It was a wonderful book. Everyone should read it. Worth Every Penny. Various elements I enjoyed were…”

Try to be creative. Have fun with it!

Some of the reviews will be shared on Facebook, and even some pulled into the Whistling Past the Graveyard page on SusanCrandall.net!*

What are you waiting for? Get over to Facebook and let us know what your thoughts!

*Reviews may be edited for spelling and grammar 😉

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