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\"\"<\/a>It’s time for another Guest Star! Our guest this week is Gretchen McNeil<\/em><\/a>, author of the paperback release of Ten!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

About TEN:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And their doom<\/span> comes swiftly.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was supposed to be the weekend of their lives \u2013 three days on Henry Island at an exclusive house party. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their own reasons for wanting to be there, both of which involve Kamiak High\u2019s most eligible bachelor, T.J. Fletcher. But what starts out as a fun-filled weekend turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a DVD with a sinister message: Vengeance is mine.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, people are dying and the teens are cut off from the outside world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a ferry that isn\u2019t scheduled to return for two days. As the deaths become more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could ever imagine?<\/p>\n

Praise for TEN:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“TEN is a real page turner! Gretchen McNeil knows how to plot a thriller: Her setup is flawless and the suspense kept me on the edge of my seat.” \u2013 Christopher Pike, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the THIRST series and REMEMBER ME<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Gretchen McNeil’s TEN is my new number one! I jumped at every creaking floorboard in my house and on the page. This is sure to be a teen thriller classic!” \u2013\u00a0 Nancy Holder, Bram Stoker Award winning author of THE SCREAMING SEASON<\/strong><\/p>\n

“You want to read this book. McNeil incorporates all the thrills and chills of a horror movie into this fast-paced, gripping tale. With its quippy dialogue, it\u2019s like reading Scream. This reviewer got the willies while reading Ten on a sunny afternoon.” \u2013 Top Pick in Romantic Times<\/em>, September 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A scary gorefest of murder and mayhem, not for the faint of heart […] a breathless read.” \u2013 Kirkus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Agatha Christie meets Gossip Girl […] in McNeil\u2019s (Possess) throwback to old-school thrillers […] has all the hallmarks of a traditional slasher flick, including imprudent sex, gory slayings, and dramatic revelations.” \u2013 Publisher’s Weekly<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Find Gretchen Online:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

www.GretchenMcNeil.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Or on Twitter @GretchenMcNeil!<\/a><\/p>\n

In honor of 52 REASONS TO HATE MY FATHER, I\u2019m asking all my guest stars about the worst job they\u2019ve ever had! Here\u2019s what Gretchen had to say:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Have you followed my Twitter feed about my day job, populated by 3 Lunches Guy, the Angry Old Lady, the Blind Albino and my tech-challenged boss?<\/p>\n

Yeah. This one.<\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gretchen McNeil<\/strong> is an opera singer, writer and clown.\u00a0 Her YA horror POSSESS debuted with Balzer + Bray for HarperCollins in 2011.\u00a0 Her follow up TEN \u2013 YA horror\/suspense about ten teens trapped on a remote island with a serial killer \u2013 will be released September 18, 2012, and her third novel 3:59, sci fi doppelganger horror is scheduled for Fall 2013.\u00a0 Gretchen’s new YA contemporary series Don’t Get Mad (Revenge<\/em> meets The Breakfast Club<\/em>) begins Fall 2014 with GET EVEN, followed by the sequel GET DIRTY in 2015, also with Bazler + Bray.<\/p>\n

Gretchen is a former coloratura soprano, the voice of Mary on G4’s Code Monkeys<\/em> and she sings with the LA-based circus troupe Cirque Berzerk.\u00a0 Gretchen blogs with The Enchanted Inkpot and is a founding member of the vlog group the YARebels where she can be seen as “Monday.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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