Production Draft!

February 24, 2016 ~ M. L. Rio

So, it’s been pretty quiet here for a while, and that’s because I’ve been hard at work on the last revisions for Villains. And with the help of copious amounts of coffee and five (count ’em, five) different editions of King Lear, I got my final final draft turned in to my editor today! Which means that we’re one step closer to the finish line. There’s still a lot to be done, but now that the text itself can be handed over to copy editors, we get to start talking about fun stuff like art and blurbs and rough front. More soon.

‘Villains’ in Italian and Dutch

November 23, 2015 ~ M. L. Rio

Exciting stuff from DCL and Andrew Nurnberg this week: If We Were Villains will be published in Italian by Sperling & Kupfer (Frasinelli) and in Dutch by Overamstel Uitgevers (Meridiaan)!

‘Villains’ in Polish

November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 ~ M. L. Rio

More great news from the lovely folks at DCL and BookLab: If We Were Villains will be published in Polish by Świat Książki! More soon.

‘Villains’ in German

November 4, 2015 ~ M. L. Rio

Over the moon to say that If We Were Villains will be published in German by Penguin Verlag of Random House Germany! Details to come.

Announcing my first novel!

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 ~ M. L. Rio

So thrilled to share the news that my first novel, If We Were Villains, is going to be published by Flatiron Books–an imprint of Macmillan–sometime in the next year or so.

This book has been my life for almost two years now, and after so much writing, editing, revising, and so many long conversations with my fabulous agent at DCL, I’m both thrilled and humbled to say that this story is coming to life! I’m so lucky to be working with Flatiron Books, and between my wonderful agent and now my equally wonderful editor, I couldn’t have asked to be in better hands. We’ve got a long way to go yet, but I can’t even articulate how exciting it is to be taking the next step down the road to publication.

More soon!