I swear I thought I’d have a heart attack when I saw the sale announcement of my book on Publisher’s Marketplace. All day I was constantly refreshing and refreshing and then I had to go to a lunch and when I got back, there it was! And on top of that I had an amazingly beautiful bouquet of flowers on my desk from my incredibly supportive sister Chris. I just can’t tell all of y’all how much it has meant to hear all of your congratulations and best wishes. I love being able to share this great news and experience with all of y’all! And I can’t wait to blog more about the details and the background over the coming days.

So here it is, the official deal announcement from Publisher’s Marketplace. It’s all so real!!

16 October, 2007
Children’s:Young Adult
Carrie Ryan’s THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH, about an isolated village generations after the zombie apocalypse where a 16-year-old struggles with the town’s religious order until the village walls are breached and the only chance of survival is to escape into the forest beyond, to Krista Marino at Delacorte, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.

Pinch me!!!