Julie James

Many of you have asked whether any of my last four books are going to be available as audiobooks (currently, JUST THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE is the only one available in that format).  Good news: as of yesterday, I can finally answer that question with a “Yes!”

Tantor Audio has bought the audio rights to SOMETHING ABOUT YOU, and I’m thrilled that Cameron and Jack’s story is going to be available as an audiobook! The narrator will be Karen White, who did a fantastic job with the audiobook for JTSMA, and they are aiming for a June 29 release date.  Personally, I can’t wait to see how they’re going to do that first chapter with all the “WhaMA-WhaMA-WhaMA’s.”  Too much fun.

For those of who’d like to hear Karen White in action, you can listen to a sample of her reading JUST THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE here.

Hey everyone!

A quick note to let you know that signed copies of all three of my FBI/US Attorney books (Something About You, A Lot Like Love, and About That Night) are up for bidding in the “Win for Berlin” charity auction. It’s a great cause to help a 7 year-old girl with brittle bone disease get a much-needed surgery. Lots of authors have donated books, manuscript critiques, chances to name a character in a book, and all sorts of fun stuff.

Bidding for the signed FBI/US Attorney books is here, and more information about the charity in general can be found here.

P.S. I believe the listing says “U.S. shipping”, but I WILL ship the books internationally if the winning bidder lives outside the U.S.

For anyone who’s going to be in the Chicago area this weekend, I’ll be signing books as part of the Chicago-North RWA Spring Fling conference.  The signing is from 2:30-4pm and is open to the public.  Lots of awesome authors will be there!  You can check out the full list at the Spring Fling website.

Here are the details:

Chicago Marriott Northwest
4800 Hoffman Boulevard
Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

Hope to see some of you there!

How awesome is this?  I got a call today that A Lot Like Love is a finalist in the Single Title Contemporary category of the National Readers Choice Awards!!

The NCRA awards are sponsored by the Oklahoma Romance Writers of America, and winners will be announced at RWA Nationals in Anaheim this July.

Hurray for Jordan and Nick!

Okay, so if you haven’t realized this about me already, I’m the worst about taking photos at these writers’ conferences.  But I had an amazing time at the RT BookLovers convention, connecting with both readers and other authors, so I thought I’d share the little I have.

First, let’s start with the good stuff.  Here’s a great photo taken by Benita, a reader who dropped by my table at the book signing.

Next, I grabbed this picture off Twitter that was taken by Beth Kery, when a bunch of us went downtown for dinner.  That’s Nalini Singh in the background there, getting ready to steal some of my frosting.

And now for the one photo that I took, the one time I actually remembered to pull out my phone and take a picture.  I think this speaks volumes about me:

A piece of chocolate cake as big as my head.

Seriously, it was that huge.  That’s Louisa Edwards’s hand there, for scale.

So there you have it, the photo journal of my RT experience.  I met lots of awesome readers, hung out with super-cool readers, found out that About That Night made the NY Times and USA Today bestseller lists, and ate lots and lots of chocolate cake.  Oh, and then my dad stopped by the book signing as a surprise and told people coming up to my table that he’s my dad and that I’m a “really nice person.”  (Thanks, Dad!) Then he ran off to get a book signed by Sue Grafton.

All in all, a pretty great four days.

Edited to add: Yay! After posting this, another reader, Maria, emailed me the following two photos for my collection. For those of you who haven’t been to an RT or RWA conference, the first photo gives you a glimpse of what one looks like.