From PW:

"YA author Melissa Marr has closed her first adult deal with her longtime publisher, HarperCollins. Merrilee Heifetz of Writers House brokered the deal for two books for mid-to-high six figures. Jennifer Brehl at HC took North American rights. Heifetz described the first book, Graveminder, as “Six Feet Under laced with ancient Irish evil and a dash of Faulkner”; the second book is currently untitled. Marr’s teen books Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange, dark paranormal titles featuring fairies who coexist uneasily with the few humans who can see them, earned starred PW reviews and were Book Sense Picks."

Congratulations to Melissa! We're all very excited to see where these first adult books take us.

Melissa has posted a deleted scene from Fragile Eternity on her LiveJournal. In it, Donia and Seth talk about Seth's decisions in Fragile Eternity.

Be warned: it is spoilery!

The Rules of Attraction fan video contest closes on June 18th. Be sure to check out the contest page and get your video questions in soon! Remember: Grand Prize winners get their question answered in video by Melissa Marr, an email from Melissa, signed copies of the books and more.

Check out the contest now!

HarperCollins UK is holding a contest for UK residents. By going here and answering a question about the first chapter of Wicked Lovely, you can win Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, and Fragile Eternity, all signed by Melissa Marr, plus books by Jenny Valentine and Diana Wynn Jones.

The Faery Court series has been featured on the show Better. The feature includes a short interview clip with Melissa, and one with Anne Hoppe, Melissa's editor at HarperCollins. To see it, click here.

Bridget Zinn is a young author who writes young adult fiction. As described on the website:

"Can you help?
This is Bridget. Three things happened to Bridget in February:
1. She got an agent for her young adult novel.
2. She got married.
3. She found out she had Stage Four colon cancer."

There is a benefit auction to help pay for Bridget's care going on here. Melissa MArr has donated signed first editions of Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, and Fragile Eternity. You can bid on them here and support this young woman. More informaiton on Bridget and her case can be found here.

The Wicked Lovely series is on the New York Times bestseller list for the second week, this week.

Fey Cast Episode 4 has just been released. Join Maria and Dani (dusty on the forums) as we talk about Fragile Eternity, including Seth, Sorcha, the possible fallout from Sorcha's change, and the elusive Rae.

You can listen to it here or download it off iTunes, but beware Fragile Eternity spoilers!

Romantic Times has a new interview with Melissa Marr up. In it, she talks about Fragile Eternity, Sanctuary, Tour, Romantic Times, and more.

"I like my characters, I like my world, I like hanging out with them. I can say that the threads that were started in the first book will be resolved by the fifth book. So the arc that is set up by the first three books, and the next one, SKIN STARVED, and the fifth book, those work together as a unit. There are stand alones I have considered doing, and have started just for fun."

Read the rest here.

Amazon.com did an interview with Melissa Marr in honor of the release of Fragile Eternity.

"Faeries are such a wonderful amalgamation of Otherness. Within the lore, there are creatures who foretell death, who seek mortal midwives, who feed off mortals, who cook for mortals, who are animalistic, and, of course, the beautiful shining ones, the sidhe. Courts and solitaries, cruelty and beauty, nurturing and destroying–it’s hard not to find faery lore entrancing."

Read the rest here.

Today, Fragile Eternity and Sanctuary officially release in the US! You can buy Fragile Eternity at right.

The Book Smugglers have a fantastic piece written by Melissa about writing Fragile Eternity, "seth's book". You can read it here. It is a little spoilery, so be warned!

The first 26 pages of Fragile Eternity are available as part of a Harper Teen "Supernatural Summer" promo. If you're not afraid of spoilers, you can read them here.

The new HarperTeen microsite is now live. Notable features include the Fragile Eternity trailer, a new podcast with Melissa, and the "Rules of Attraction" fan video contest.

Four new events have been added to the Fragile Eternity Tour.

Melissa will be appearing at:

Borders Oviedo FL- Friday 4/24 at 7pm.
B&N in Seattle (2675 NE University Village Street) on May 13 at 7 pm
Borders Annapolis - 7pm on 5/20
Borders in Bailey’s Crossroads VA - 2pm on July 19 **With Kelley Armstrong

You can see the full tour schedule here.