Interview & Giveaway: Intrinsical author Lani Woodland

I'm very happy to have Lani Woodland on the blog today! She is the author of The Yara Silva trilogy, and she has been kind enough to answer a few questions today and offer up a copy of her book Intrinsical. 

1. What type of books did you like to read when you were younger? 

When I was in elementary school I read a lot of different types of books. I read Sweet Valley Twins and The Babysitter Club. I also loved scary MG books, Wait Till Helen Comes being one of my favorites.

2. What are some of your favorite books and authors now? 

I really love the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I also love Arabella, The Corinithian and These Old Shades  by Georgette Heyer , if you want to go way back to Regency Romance. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. How to take the Ex out of Ex-Boyfriend by Janette Rallison. I laughed so hard I snorted when I read that book. I also loved Graceling by Kristin Cashore .

3. Can you tell us a little about the Yara Silva Trilogy, and Yara herself? 

The best way to describe Intrinsical is to give you the blurb.

Sixteen-year-old Yara Silva has always known that ghosts walk alongside the living. Her grandma, like the other females in her family, is a Waker, someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. Yara grew up watching her grandmother taunted and scorned for this unusual ability and doesn't want that to be her future. She has been dreading the day when she too would see ghosts, and is relieved that the usually dominant Waker gene seems to have skipped her, letting her live a normal teenage life. However, all that changes for Yara on her first day at her elite boarding school when she discovers the gene was only lying dormant. She witnesses a dark mist attack Brent, a handsome fellow student, and rushes to his rescue. Her act of heroism draws the mist's attention, and the dark spirit begins stalking her. Yara finds herself entrenched in a sixty-year-old curse that haunts the school, threatening not only her life, but the lives of her closest friends as well. Yara soon realizes that the past she was trying to put behind her isn't going to go quietly.

The series is about Yara coming to terms with who she really is and what she is capable of.

4. Can you share with us a little about book 2 in the series, Indelible? 

Indelible follows Yara and her friends through their senior year. Yara is now a full-fledged Waker and she is starting to understand just how much that will influence her life.

5. Would you ever want a power like Yara's? 

No. If there are things that go bump in the night I’d rather not be able to see them. :)

6. What are 10 little-know facts about you?

1)    My favorite Jamba Juice flavor is Mango-a-go-go

2)    My tongue is long enough for me to touch the tip of my nose.

3)    When I was a child I desperately wanted to have Mary Poppins’ white dress (the one she wears when they go into the chalk drawing). I hope one day to dress up in it for Halloween.

4)    I performed gymnastics at the 1986 World’s Fair.

5)    I once booked a non-refundable trip to NYC while playing around on Priceline (and not really meaning to have booked it until months later). It took me days to gather the courage to tell my husband.

6)    I was tweedle-dee to my best friend’s tweedle-dum in our school’s homecoming parade.

7)    I knocked on Steve Young’s door to get an autographed football as a thank you gift for my dad.

8)    I stood in line at Disneyland all day so I could meet Johnny Depp.

9)    I love old carousels.

10) I read so much I’m on the first name basis with both my county and city librarians, and the clerk at my local B&N.

Intrinsical by Lani Woodland
Publisher: Pendrell Publishing (August 20th, 2010)
Reading Level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 298 pages
Series: The Yara Silva Trilogy, #1

Sixteen-year-old Yara Silva has always known that ghosts walk alongside the living. Her grandma, like the other females in her family, is a Waker, someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. Yara grew up watching her grandmother taunted and scorned for this unusual ability and doesn't want that to be her future. She has been dreading the day when she too would see ghosts, and is relieved that the usually dominant Waker gene seems to have skipped her, letting her live a normal teenage life. However, all that changes for Yara on her first day at her elite boarding school when she discovers the gene was only lying dormant. She witnesses a dark mist attack Brent, a handsome fellow student, and rushes to his rescue. Her act of heroism draws the mist's attention, and the dark spirit begins stalking her. Yara finds herself entrenched in a sixty-year-old curse that haunts the school, threatening not only her life, but the lives of her closest friends as well. Yara soon realizes that the past she was trying to put behind her isn't going to go quietly.

Prize: 

• 1 winner will receive a signed copy of Intrinsical by Lani Woodland.

Rules:

• You must be at least 13 to enter. 
• Name and email must be provided and counts as 1 entry.
• Extra entries are possible and links must be provided.
• Contest is US Only and ends April 15th.
• Once contacted, the winner will have 48 hours to respond.
• The form must be filled out to enter.   

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