It seems to be a week for second-book deals around here!
 
Jeanne Ryan’s debut YA thriller, NERVE, is due out from Dial in September: tense and gripping and quite believably terrifying, it’s a rollercoaster read that is already garnering early raves.
 
Today, I am thrilled to announce that Jeanne Ryan is getting the chance to freak you out all over again. She has just accepted a publication offer for her second YA novel: CHARISMA, a thriller dealing with experimental gene therapy, personality-distorting drugs and, yes, things that go bump in the night.
 
The book will again be published by Dial Books for Young Readers, with Heather Alexander at the helm. I’m so thrilled with this new deal—and, believe me, once you get your hands on these books, you will be too!
 
Congrats, Jeanne!

—Joan