Welcome
Hi! Welcome to my official website. I'm happy you've found me. My YA novel SEA, a Kids' Summer '10 Indie Next pick, hits the stores June 10. I'm so excited to share it with you. You can read more about me here and SEA's journey to publication here. Feel free to friend or follow me at some of my favorite webby hangouts, Twitter, Facebook and my blog Sea Heidi Write where I'm fairly (okay fine *very*) interactive. If you have an interview request feel free to shoot me a message on my contact form. For rights questions please contact my agent Sara Crowe, at Harvey Klinger. For media requests, contact Sara.Zick@us.penguingroup.com. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoy SEA!
Cheers,
Heidi
See Heidi (events)
July 31st, 2010 @ 2pm
DOWNTOWN DISNEY'S Books Inc. (Compass Books)
Anaheim, California
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August 1st, 2010 @ 2pm
Borders
Glendale, California
August 3rd, 2010 @ 7pm
A GREAT GOOD PLACE FOR BOOKS
Oakland, California
(part of Teen Summer Reading Program)
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Haunted by recurring nightmares since her mother's accidental disappearance over the Indian ocean three years before, fifteen year old California girl Sienna "Sea" Jones reluctantly travels with her father's volunteer team to six months post-tsunami Indonesia. During her stay at the orphanage, she meets scarred and soulful Deni who is more like Sea than anyone she has ever met. She knows they can't be together, so why can't she stay away from him? And what about her old-best-friend-turned-suddenly-hot Spider who may or may not be waiting for her back home? And why is her psychiatrist father so secretive about her mother's plane crash? The farther she gets from home, the closer she comes to the truth. And Sea's real adventure begins.
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What readers are saying...
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"SEA is a richly woven story as turbulent and beautiful as the sea itself, plunging us headlong into the depths of loss, devastation, compassion, and hope. A touching and romantic debut about the redemptive power of altruism and the heart's capacity for love."
-- Sarah Ockler, author of Twenty Boy Summer -
"From the first page of SEA, the reader is plunged into a world of love, loss, and hope. The heat between Sienna and Deni is mirrored in the steamy exotic setting of Indonesia. Once I started reading, I couldn't put this book down. Sienna is conflicted and compassionate... I truly loved this book and can't wait to recommend it to all the teenagers I know!"
-- L.K. Madigan, William C. Morris Award winning author of Flash Burnout - "Kling captures the innocent and heartbreak of first romance superbly in this tender love story. This page turner evoke the harshness of disaster as well as the beauty of the young soul. Perfect to present as a summer beach read." – Angie Hammond, VOYA
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"Heartbreaking but always hopeful; achingly romantic but never sappy-- SEA is simply luminous. What a remarkable debut!"
-- Jennifer Laughran "Not Your Mother's Book Club" Books Inc. in San Francisco
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