Okay, I promise to post pics this afternoon of luau and our day at the lake, but, until then—

Join me in congratulating my good friend Gena Showalter on her latest and very amazing deal! Man, her agent must be a shark (good thing, since she’s my agent, too…)

Love you both, Gena and Deidre. Huge congrats.

Tracy Farrell at Harlequin has acquired a new YA urban fantasy series by Gena Showalter that will launch the imprint’s forthcoming YA line in a seven-figure world rights deal with Deidre Knight. The first book is titled Intertwined and will be published in October 2009; no word on how many books in the deal.