Look Ma, I’m an Amazon Author

January 3, 2017 ~ M. L. Rio

I have an Amazon Author page now, which I think means I’ve ARRIVED. Check it out/follow me/buy the book here, in English, German, or as an audiobook:

https://www.amazon.com/author/mlrio

Sorry for the shameless plug. Being an author is kind of like being a busker.

–M

VILLAINS in Australia

December 20, 2016December 20, 2016 ~ M. L. Rio

Thrilled to say that If We Were Villains will be published in Australia by Affirm Press!

–M

Lo! a website makeover

October 30, 2016October 31, 2016 ~ M. L. Rio

As some of you may have noticed, the whole website got treated to a facelift today. The primary reason for that is that things are picking up in Camp IWWV. Here’s a brief update:

Reviews! We have some advance praise for Villains, which I am so excited and so humbled to share with you. If you want to hear what some amazing early readers had to say, you can check out the shiny new If We Were Villains page.
PRE-ORDERING! That’s right! You can now pre-order If We Were Villains from a variety of retailers and have it on your doorstep the day it comes out. I would love you if you did. To do that, click here.
Cover art. Not to tease you, but it’s coming. Soon.
Chatter. If you want to chat about the book, you can send me any question you like on Tumblr.

In the meantime, if you want to get all possible information as soon as I have it, you can track my movements on social media. Just browse that handy new sidebar to the right of this post. Please like and share with abandon! Every little click helps.

–M

Radio Interview Tonight

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 ~ M. L. Rio

Hello friends! If you want to hear a little more about what we’ve been up to in Elsinore, tune into CBC Radio’s ‘As It Happens’ tonight! I’ll be talking a little bit about the Airbnb contest and the castle, and also probably trying to articulate why I love Shakespeare so much. In the meantime, here’s a picture of me and Margaret with our friend Horatio on a guided tour of Kronborg:

“Shakespeare-entusiast fra USA vinder en nat på Kronborg”

April 19, 2016 ~ M. L. Rio

I’m now in a Danish news article, featuring the single greatest picture I have ever been photoshopped into. Check it out here!

RBM

April 13, 2016 ~ M. L. Rio

My wonderful editor Christine Kopprasch just sent me a photo of If We Were Villains in its newest incarnation as an RBM–no cover art yet, but I am beyond excited to see this. It’s starting to look like a real book!

rbm

‘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!