Over the preceding books, they, along with their colleagues at the After The End Times website, have uncovered a widespread conspiracy. The novel is written from the perspectives of Georgia and Shaun Mason, siblings and blogger-reporters. Most humans reside in controlled zones, and blogs are now the primary source of news and entertainment.

Kellis-Amberlee is a normally beneficial virus that, on the death of any host mammal over 40 pounds (18 kg), 'goes live' or 'amplifies', and turns them into a zombie. It was published Jand preceded by Feed (2010) and Deadline (2011), and followed by ‘’ Feedback’’ (2016).īlackout is set several decades after the zombie apocalypse, the Rising. THE HATE U GIVE was adapted into a critically acclaimed film from Fox 2000, starring Amandla Stenberg and directed by George Tillman, Jr.Īngie’s second novel, ON THE COME UP, is a #1 New York Times bestseller as well, and a film is in development with Paramount Pictures with Angie acting as a producer.Blackout is the third book in the Newsflesh series of science fiction/ horror novels set after a zombie apocalypse, written by Seanan McGuire under the pen name Mira Grant, and published by Orbit Books. Morris Debut Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA), the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (UK), and the Deutscher Jugendliterapreis (Germany). It was later acquired by the Balzer+Bray imprint of HarperCollins Publishers in a 13-publisher auction and debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, winning the ALA’s William C. Her debut novel, THE HATE U GIVE, started as a senior project in college. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Belhaven University and an unofficial degree in Hip Hop.Īngie is an inaugural winner of the Walter Dean Myers Grant 2015, awarded by We Need Diverse Books. Sometimes they’ll show us a side of the world that we might not have known about.' Angie ThomasĪngie Thomas was born, raised, and still resides in Jackson, Mississippi. 'I look at books as being a form of activism.

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