Bring on the Night — Now Available!

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Third in the WVMP Radio (adult urban fantasy) series and sequel to Wicked Game and Bad to the Bone.

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Just when I think the vampire genre must be exhausted...I read a book that refreshed my flagging interest. Jeri Smith-Ready’s WICKED GAME was consistently surprising and original...I highly recommend it. — #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris, Book & Blog review

Smith-Ready pours plenty of fun into her charming, fang-in-cheek urban fantasy. — Publishers Weekly, starred review, on BAD TO THE BONE

Book 4, tentatively titled LET IT BLEED, will be released Summer 2011.

Shade — now available!

Shade coverJeri’s teen debut!

First in a young adult urban fantasy series about a world of ghosts only the young can see.

When Aura’s boyfriend meets a most untimely end, she is forced to reconsider her relationship with the living and the dead.

A sequel, Shift, will be released May 3, 2011. Pre-order Shift from Amazon.

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Smith-Ready changes the world simply by changing our ability to see. — Publishers Weekly, starred review

SHADE is a hauntingly good story and an intriguing beginning to a new series. Jeri Smith-Ready proves again why she is one of my very favorite reads! — PC Cast, New York Times-bestselling author of the House of Night series

The perfect combination of mystery, ghosts and romance, SHADE left me breathless. — Lisa Schroeder, author of I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME and CHASING BROOKLYN

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News

June 16, 2010
SHADE optioned for TV!

ABC Family has purchased the option to develop SHADE as a television series, with Andrew Gunn films producing. The network is one of the leading creators of series for teens, including Greek, Pretty Little Liars, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. For more details on the option and what it means, see this blog post.

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March 15, 2010
SHADE in the UK

SHADE will be published in September 2010 in the United Kingdom in trade paperback, as part of the new Simon Pulse UK imprint, which features some of today's top paranormal teen novels.

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Bring on the Night — August 2010

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When a fatal virus spreads through Sherwood—and corpses rise from their graves—Ciara not only gets a crash course in zombie-killing, but is forced to put her faith, and her life itself, in the hands of magic.

Shade — May 2010

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Jeri's teen fiction debut

First in a worldwide generation of ghost-seers, Aura's relationship with the dead changes forever when her boyfriend dies and comes back to haunt her.

Smith-Ready changes the world simply by changing our ability to see.

–Publisher's Weekly, starred review

Bad to the Bone — May 2009

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Smith-Ready pours plenty of fun into her charming, fang-in-cheek urban fantasy.

–Publisher's Weekly, starred review

The Reawakened — November 2008

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The stunning conclusion to the Aspect of Crow trilogy.

Wicked Game — May 2008

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WICKED GAME was consistently surprising and original...I highly recommend it.

— #1 NYT Bestselling author Charlaine Harris

Voice of Crow — October 2007

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To save her family, protect her home, and reclaim her soul, Rhia will travel to the Descendants' towering white city…even to the Land of the Dead itself.

Eyes of Crow — November 2006

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Lovers of fantasy are about to embark on a great new series.

–Romantic Times

Requiem for the Devil — April 2001

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A tale of redemption, written with flair and style...Highly recommended.

–Library Journal