If you follow the Finishing School on tumblr you have already seen it, Gentle Reader. (And if you aren’t following the blog, you should be, it’s super fun.) But here it is, the cover of Waistcoats & Weaponry Finishing School Book Three out November 4, 2014! {What is Gail’s Book Group reading for June? Fortune’s […]
Jun132014
Waistcoats & Weaponry Cover Art
Mar312014
Trade Paperbacks of the Parasol Protectorate Coming to the US
Orbit is releasing the Parasol Protectorate books in trade paperback size to the US market! The first three will come out tomorrow, April 1, 2014 (Soulless, Changeless, and Blameless) and the last two on July 1, 2014. They have done a slight makeover of the cover art as well, can you spot the differences? Answering […]
Feb272014
Prudence Cover Reveal! Book One of the Custard Protocol Series – and a Custard Pie Recipe
My dear Gentle Reader, you have been waiting so patiently and I am delighted to reward you with, the cover art for… Prudence The Custard Protocol: Book One Coming March 17, 2015 Photo by Shirley Green, Illustration by Don Sipley, Design by Lauren Panepinto The inevitable questions… When when when? March 17, 2015. Yes […]
Dec202013
Japanese Cover Art for Curtsies & Conspiracies Plus Ketchup
I believe the translation has now hit shelves in Japan, so here, Gentle Reader is the cover art for Curtsies & Conspiracies in Japanese. Isn’t it the cutest thing ever!?! via Dormaus Uhrwerk (@thedormaus): your name in katakana – Geiru Kyarigaa. I do love the way the Japanese covers always take from a scene in […]
Oct82013
Etiquette & Espionage Available in Paperback
Guess what happened today, Gentle Reader? Well I got up and had tea, and ate a breakfast, and had more tea, and…. Etiquette & Espionage went on sale in paperback! For all you out there in the US who can’t afford or don’t like hard copy, now is your chance. Want to know more about […]
Sep232013
New Parasol Protectorate Short Story in The Book of the Dead!
So in addition to making the short story Fairy Debt available to you in ebook form, I have a bran spanking new Parasol Protectorate Universe short coming out in The Book of the Dead a Jurassic London anthology. (UK based but yes you can get it in the US.) The anthology contains 19 new stories […]
Jul102013
Japanese Cover Art for E&E
Presenting for you, Gentle Reader, the amazing cover art for Etiquette & Espionage from Japan. This art is for the translation, not a manga version. I love the way they depict the balconies of the school. It’s very similar to how I imagined them. The book has been out in Japan for a while and […]
Apr162013
Trade Versus Mass Market, Oh the Humanity! Gail Carriger Talks About the Range of Books Sizes
I asked a question over Twitter and Facebook, Gentle Reader. It sparked a fascinating, and strangely epic discussion. Here’s the question: Talk to me about trade paperbacks! Why do people prefer them over mass market? Why do you? But first… Trade Paperbacks! Why? What? Huh? Let me quickly explain that in the US trade-size paperback […]
Jan312013
Cover Art Reveal Curtsies & Conspiracies
Little Brown has produced the cover art for Book Two of the Finishing School Series, Curtsies & Conspiracies, out at the end of this year, probably in November 2013. I hope you like it as much as I do! GAIL’S DAILY DOSE Your Moment of Parasol . . . One of my beta readers with […]
Jan162013
Cover for Soulless the Manga Vol III (AKA Blameless) The Parasol Protectorate
Yen Press has released the cover art for Soulless the Manga Vol. III (the adaptation of Blameless). I hope you are as thrilled as I am. I do so love REM’s artwork and I have confidence in her as I believe both the previous volumes have shown how good her voice meshes with mine. The […]
Jan52013
Etiquette & Espionage Final Cover
Today in the mailman brought to me . . . Three Amazon Packages Two Copies of Page Proofs and An Early Print of E&E! Etiquette & Espionage final embossed cover Etiquette & Espionage final back cover Etiquette & Espionage final spine cover & spine underneath Book News: Jenaveve Lester fan art of Gail Quote of […]
Nov202012
Manga Soulless Vol. 2 Official Release! The Parasol Protectorate
Soulless Vol. 2 (the manga version of Changeless) releases officially today! (I know some of you have gotten it already.) I am deliciously pleased with the book. I particularly love Rem’s rendition of Madame Lefoux, not to mention all the kilts! Quote of the Day: “I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look […]