Tony Varrato
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Hi.
Welcome to the site.
Both Fakie and Outrage have been
chosen for
ALA's 2009 Quick Picks for
Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

Fakie is a 2010-2011 Nebraska Golden
Sower Young Adult Nominee.

News:

3.8.2010 And in the "I Shoulda Told You This Before"
category: I was a guest blogger Saturday at the Teens Read
Too Blogspot
. Go there anyway and see many YA writers
and enter for giveaways. I'll probably lurk around there for the
rest of the week in case you want to talk.

3.7.2010 I have a lot to update. A week ago I had the
pleasure of speaking at the Young Author's Conference in
Laurel, DE. I'm always blown away by the talent and
creativity. We talked about creating the perfect character.
Here's Marshall spinning the Wheel of Dysfunction.














1.25.2010. Fakie was featured on Good Morning Connecticut
on Saturday. Here's the clip. Feel free to comment on the
news site. And you can visit author/illustrator Katie Davis' site
as well. Someday I'm going to have a cool flash site too.

1.21.2010. We're in the cover-design stage for One Last
Scar
. I'll post it soon, so you can have a sneak peak.

1.12.2010. I posted some new visits. Come by and say hi. At
the conferences, I'll be unveiling
The Wheel of Dysfunction!
It'll be fun.

1.02.2010. Happy New Year!
The fall issue of WriteNow!, the University of Delaware
English dept alumni magazine, came out last week with a nice
article
about Fakie, Outrage, One Last Scar, and reluctant
readers. They will probably post it directly on line here. But
until then, I posted a pdf here.

12.23.09 I'm finishing up the final edits for One Last Scar due
out in March/April from HIP. This one's about an home
invasion. It has fighting, mystery, and humor. I should have the
cover for you in January. Til then, Happy Holidays!
Personally, I'm asking for a new skimboard.

11.11.09 I opened my mailbox to find my first hardback copy
of Fakie yesterday. I like it. I got mine at the ordering page for
Follet.com. You can get the whole Nebraska Golden Sower
Nominee list at Permabound. Both sites require you to log in.







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