I’m so proud to be in this anthology with Lilith Saintcrow, Tanya Huff, Anton Strout, and others!
Available at online stores, chain stores, and my home store, wonderful Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego!
Thank you so much, Carrie, for the wonderful interview at Moonlight Lace, and Mayhem. It’s all about WICKED, POSSESSIONS, CRUSADE, Corgis, and Jacuzzis!
I am thrilled to show the cover for the next POSSESSIONS novel! It will come out in June.
POSSESSIONS: A haunted, super-exclusive boarding school high in the mountains of Northern California…faces in mirrors, statues that move…and Lindsay, who’s had a nervous breakdown, fighting for her sanity, her life…and her soul.
Win my books over at Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings.! There’s an interview with me and a great review by the Fantasy Dreamer herself, Donna Locklin. In fact, here’s the review:
Possessions by Nancy Holder is the first book I’ve read by this author. From reading the synopsis you already know the popular girls are possessed by spirits. The mystery in this book lies in why were they possessed and who were these spirits.
I had a fun time reading Possessions. I know your thinking “Fun?” What was fun for me was the creepy factor in the setting of the book. I loved how the eerie atmosphere was set. While reading you could feel how creepy it was staying at a school, surrounded by old and decrypted buildings, out in the middle of nowhere, in the woods with a seemingly eternal fog. It made you feel total isolation from the rest of the world.
I liked Lindsey, the heroine, from the start. She has a spunky personality paired with a sarcastic attitude and she stuck out like a sore thumb at Marlwood Academy for the rich. That appealed to me because I’m almost always for the underdog. I liked that Lindsey was determined to be herself and tried to avoid the “in” crowd because of bad past experiences at her previous high school. She forms a fast friendship with her roommate Julie. Julie was a naive girl, whose family wasn’t as rich as they once were. There were some spots in the book where I didn’t feel she gave the friendship between Lindsey and herself enough value and consideration.
Mandy, the “in” crowd leader at Marlwood and her followers added their fair share to creepy factor with their weird pranks they would setup to entertain the other girls after curfew. And from the very beginning Mandy tries drawing Lindsey into her inner circle of friends. Mandy’s character is written well as the evil it girl, one moment it seems she okay and then next she is just pure evil.
There’s a little bit of forbidden romance mixed in as well. The last thing Lindsey expected to happen to her at an all girls school was to meet a guy. But there is one problem, the guy Lindsey likes is Mandy’s boyfriend Troy. Troy goes to school across the lake from Marlwood at an all boys school. I was right there with Lindsey during her heart-pounding moments that Troy’s athletic good looks created. It was reminiscent of young love in all it’s sweetness.
Possessions was entertaining and fast read for me. The only quibble I have with this story is that I would’ve like to have read more about the spirits and have more details surrounding the story about them. I think it would’ve made the story more fleshed out. Hopefully we’ll get more of these details in the next book. All in all the story moved at good pace and was easy to follow. There was enough mystery to keep me interested in what was going to happen next. And the ending was perfect for this story, a big time cliffhanger.
AudiobookStand and I are linking up. They sell audio books and downloads of the Wicked series.
Their urls are
www.AudiobookStand.com for audio books.
www.AudiobookStandDL.com for downloads.
I’m proud to announce that my novel, Saving Grace: Cry Me a River, is available now. It’s based on the wonderful show of the same name, starring Holly Hunter. The story is about faith, redemption, and examining the notion of suicide as the one unforgivable sin. One of my favorite characters, Leon Cooley, is in it. I love Saving Grace, and I hope you’ll like the novel!
Tonight is our Night! Blessed Be and Merry Meet. The veil is thin; cast your wishes into the bonfires! Happy Feasting and may the New Year’s auguries give you joy!
So Mote It Be,
–Nancy
Direct from Razorbill, here’s the complete first chapter of of Possessions.
From Reggie Writes at Undercover Book Lover! For Debbie and my story in THE ETERNAL KISS, edited by our wonderful vampireditor, Trisha Telep:
Out of all the thirteen (my lucky number!) though, there was one. One story that stood out and has me craving for more…
*drum roll please*…
Passing by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié! This rocking duo writes an explosive, action-packed, and cute, paranormally romantic short story! It’s an all-in-one perfect package; Passing has everything a vampire read should have. Antonio and Jenn were two characters in the middle of a ‘war’ with the vampires. Jenn is confused with her feelings and she has to choose between Antonio or Jack. Jack has a secret, but mysterious and brooding Antonio has more…
More is coming! “Passing” is the first peek at our new S&S series, CRUSADE
I will be yakkin’ on Fangoria Radio this Friday, January 15th, at 11:10 EST. I’ll be talking about zombies, as I have a story in a zombie anthology entitled THE DEAD THAT WALK.
> Fangoria Radio is the only national radio show devoted to horror. The show is hosted by Dee Snider and Debbie Rochon. Tony Timpone, the Editor in Chief of FANGORIA Magazine, which is celebrating its 30thanniversary, is also a regular contributor. Fangoria Radio airs live every Friday night on Sirius Channel 108 and simulcast on XM Channel
139 from 10pm to 1am ET. It then reruns immediately in its entirety – 6 straight hours of horror. It is one of the hottest shows on Sirius Radio and now combined with XM we have almost 18 million subscribers. The show is also available live over the internet to their subscribers. Highlights of previous shows can be heard at www.fangoriaradio.com.
Since our debut we have had many great Horror Icons as well as current Stars, Directors, Writers and Special Effects experts appear in person or call in to our show. They include Rob Zombie, Mel Brooks, Bruce Campbell, Robert Englund, John Landis, Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Giamatti, Clive Owen, Samuel L. Jackson, Hilary Swank, Quentin Tarantino, Kathy Bates, Malcolm McDowell, Guillermo del Toro, Kevin Bacon, M. Night Shyamalan, Virginia Madsen, Donald Sutherland, George Romero, Jessica Alba, Brendan Fraser, James Wan, Zack Snyder, John Waters, Frank Miller, Adrienne Barbeau, Tony Todd, Tobe Hooper, Dennis Quaid, David Naughton, Elizabeth Banks, Eli Roth, David Cronenberg, Jamie Kennedy, William Friedkin, Doug Bradley Brendan Fraser, Frank Darabont, Karen Black, Joe Dante, Stephen Rea,Thomas Jane, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Eastman, James Gunn, Danny Trejo, Criss Angel, David Arquette, Nancy Allen, Ben Foster, Lance Henriksen, Ron Perlman, Roger Corman, Mick Garris, Roger Bart, Stan Winston, Sid Haig, Stephen Rea, Mick Foley, Keir Dullea, Gunnar Hansen, R. Lee Ermey, Stephen Dorff, Richard Matheson, Richard C. Matheson, Frank Henenlotter, Zacherle, Jimmy Breslin, Sheri Moon Zombie, Stan Lee, Nathan Fillion, Corey Feldman, Lucy Lawless (Xena), Diamond Dallas Page, Eric Roberts, Neil Marshall, Gloria Hendry, Andy Serkis, Freddy Rodriguez, Brinke Stevens, Crispin Glover, Corbin Bernsen, Zack Snyder, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Henry Rollins, Billy Mumy, Sean Patrick Flanery, Dee Wallace Stone, Russell Mulcahy, Timothy Spall, Kristen Stewart, Betsy Palmer, Doug Jones, Max Brooks,Steven Railsback, Kane, Fred (The Hammer) Williamson, Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Rooker, Ken Foree, Julie Benz, John Kassir, Shawnee Smith Tobin Bell, Steven Weber, Clive Barker, Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Neil LaBute, John Saxon, Renny Harlin, Don Mancini, Fred Olen Ray, Jeffrey Combs, Angus Scrimm, Don Coscarelli and many, many more.
Here is the cover: 
I hope everyone had a fantastic New Year’s. We just got back from Disneyland (yes, again!) My coauthor and Debbie and I are working on the revisions of CRUSADE: CONVERTED and I am working on POSSESSIONS 3. Life is busy but great.
My very best to all of you!
Blessed Be and Merry Meet,
Nancy
It’s Christmas Eve in California. Good food is cooking and we’re watching THE SANTA CLAUSE. My daughter has put cookies, milk, and Alka Seltzer out for Santa.
I’ve been given so many gifts this year: with my wonderful coauthor, Debbie Viguie, I saw the WICKED series hit the New York Times Bestseller List and then get sold to DreamWorks; I began my new series, POSSESSIONS, and wrote two SAVING GRACE novels. I also started writing my comic book, DOMINO LADY.
Best of all, my daughter is healthy and happy, and our pets are, too. We’re looking forward to the arrival of a new friend, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi puppy, if all goes well.
Many, many wonderful wishes to you!
Lots of love,
Nancy
I’m reading the pages of POSSESSIONS: THE EVIL WITHIN to make sure all the I’s are crossed and the T’s are dotted…wait…and I’ve started watching horror movies while I write POSSESSIONS 3. Want to watch along with me? I’ll be blogging about my scary movie madness at my livejournal blogsite. C’mon over and you can weigh in with your own impressions of the movies I’m using to scare myself silly…and I’d love to hear your suggestions, too!
I’m a proud “Inkie,” which is a member of the Enchanted Inkpot blog. We are having a supermega giveaway to celebrate the end of a great publishing year. Check it out!
Thank you so much to everyone who has stopped by this website. This Thanksgiving, I’m so thankful for the support of so many people who have read the WICKED series, the POSSESSIONS series, and my other work. I’m also thankful for my wonderful co-author, Debbie Viguie, our editors, agents, and their assistants. We are both very grateful for everything they’ve done, and continue to do, for us.
Thank you to Annie Finch and everyone at the University of Southern Maine. Thank you, UC San Diego, for my excellent education.
Thank you, my friends and family, especially my wonderful daughter.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Thank you, Abbie Bernstein of IF Magazine, for the excellent interview!
Thanks also for the great interview at Big Chico’s Movie Blog!
Come listen to the scary, stay for the cupcakes at Manjares Fine Pastries tonight at 7PM! The New Haven Theater Company is reading my story, “We Have Always Lived in the Forest” to celebrate Halloween.
From the NYT article:
The program, called “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” will consist of Lynne Tillman’s story “A Dead Summer,” read by Rachel Shapiro Alderman, and Nancy Holder’s “We Have Always Lived in the Forest,” read by Rebecka Jones. The reading is at Manjares Fine Pastries in New Haven’s Westville neighborhood.
I just learned of the passing of a San Diego treasure, Baxter, the World’s Best Therapy Dog. Here is his tribute video. I am moved to tears, and so grateful for his years of love and comfort.
The public is welcome to attend a memorial service for Baxter at 7:00 PM Wednesday October 28 at San Diego Hospice & The Institute for Palliative Medicine located at:
4311 3rd Ave.
San Diego, CA 92103-1407
(619) 688-1600
Blessed Be, Baxter. May We Merry Meet.
Thanks to all of you who cast spells, said prayers, and thought good thoughts for us. We are thrilled to be able to announce that DreamWorks has acquired the rights to the Wicked series!
We are listed as Breaking News!
And from the press release:
DreamWorks Studios Acquires Rights to Young Adult Book Series “Wicked”
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DreamWorks Studios has acquired the rights to the young adult book series “Wicked” it was announced today by Mark Sourian and Holly Bario, Co-Presidents of Production for the studio. Aaron and Matthew Benay have signed on to write the adaptation based on their own pitch. The Gotham Group will produce.
A New York Times bestselling series and published by Simon & Schuster, “Wicked” is a five book series written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié. The first two books, “Witch” and “Curse,” were published in 2002, followed by “Legacy” and “Spellbound” in 2003. The fifth book, “Resurrection,” was published this past summer.
Story follows the journey of a young woman who learns she is a descendent of a powerful coven of witches. Complications arise when she falls in love with a boy who turns out to be a member of a rival coven sworn to destroy her family.
“’Wicked’ has all the elements for a great movie–adventure, mystery, star-crossed lovers, bitter enemies, and the supernatural,” said Mark Sourian. “Aaron and Matthew came in with an intriguing take on the books and a story that we feel will really speak to all audiences.”
Aaron and Matthew Benay, who are brothers, wrote the script for “1906,” which Pixar, Warner Brothers, and director Brad Bird are readying for release in 2012.
Best-selling author Nancy Holder has published sixty books and more than two hundred short stories. She has received four Bram Stoker awards for fiction from the Horror Writers Association, and her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. She has written or co-written twenty Buffy and Angel projects based on the characters from the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” film and television series.
Debbie Viguié is author of the Once upon a Time novels “Scarlet Moon” and “Midnight Pearls,” as well as the Sweet Seasons novels “The Summer of Cotton Candy,” “The Fall of Candy Corn,” “The Winter of Candy Canes,” and “The Spring of Candy Apples.”
About DreamWorks Studios
DreamWorks Studios is a motion picture company led by Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider in partnership with The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The new company is a continuation of DreamWorks Studios which was formed in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen. The company expects to put into production 5 to 6 films per year.
