Welcome to the winter YA Scavenger Hunt! I’m Victoria Strauss, and I write fantasy and historical fiction for adults and teens. The tri-annual Scavenger Hunt was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors…and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this Hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the Hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize–one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on the Hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online for 72 hours. There are TWO contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter either one or both. I’m on the RED TEAM, but there is also a blue…

Today’s stop on the Passion Blue Virtual Book Tour: I’m chatting about writing YA, and my research for Passion Blue, at Katie’s Book Blog. Katie is also kindly hosting a giveaway for a signed hardcover and swag. There’s still time to enter my own giveaway for an awesome Passion Blue prize pack. Next tour stop: an interview with Natalie Aguirre at Literary Rambles on Monday. For the full tour schedule (more giveaways to come!) click here.

Today’s stop on the Passion Blue Virtual Book Tour: a fun interview at Get Lost in a Story, in which I answer questions about writing, reading (and responding to) reviews…and tea. Tomorrow’s tour stop: an interview and giveaway at Katie’s Book Blog. There are many more tour stops coming up this month, with more reviews, interviews, and giveaways! For the full tour schedule, click here. And don’t forget to check out my own giveaway to win a fabulous Passion Blue prize pack.

Welcome to the summer YA Scavenger Hunt! I’m Victoria Strauss, and I write fantasy and historical fiction for adults and teens. The tri-annual Scavenger Hunt was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors…and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize–one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until noon PST on Sunday, August 5th. There are TWO contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter either one or both. I’m on the BLUE TEAM. There’s also a…

I’m thrilled to be participating in this summer’s YA Scavenger Hunt. (If you aren’t familiar with the Hunt, you can find out more here.) The Hunt will take place between August 1 and August 6, so be sure to check back for a chance to win some–or all!–of the fabulous books whose covers appear below…including Passion Blue. This summer the Hunt will have two teams (RED and BLUE) of 27 authors each. I’m on the BLUE team. THE BLUE TEAM HEATHER ANASTASIU JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT GWENDA BOND TERA LYNN CHILDS ANGELA CORBETT GINA DAMICO ED DEHORATIUS LEIGH FALLON MARLEY GIBSON SHAUNA GRANGER CYNTHIA HAND NANCY HOLDER COLLEEN HOUCK TARA HUDSON DENISE JADEN MIRANDA KENNEALLY SUZANNE LAZEAR JODI MEADOWS ALEXANDRA MONIR E.C. MYERS ERICA O’ROURKE AMY PLUM CARRIE RYAN JESSICA SHIRVINGTON J.A. SOUDERS VICTORIA STRAUSS DEBBIE VIGUIE THE RED TEAM JOSEPHINE ANGELINI LEAH BOBET LISA BURSTEIN KRISTI COOK JULIE CROSS TRACY…