Guest Post with Carrie Jones and Giveway!

Today I'd like to welcome Carrie Jones, author of Captivate. Captivate is the sequel to Need, a book about a young girl who moves to the wilderness of Maine and discovers some very unpleasant pixies lurking about the forest.
Check out Carrie's guest post below and enter the contest to win a paperback of NEED!

ZARA'S GUIDE TO WHY PIXIES ARE NOT THE ENCHANTING LITTLE SPRITES YOU THINK THEY ARE:

Okay. So, you think Pixies are cute and like Tinkerbelle. I am super sorry to tell you this but that is so not the case.

1. Real pixies are not two inches tall.

2. They do not hang out with Peter Pan.

3. They do like lost boys (like in Peter Pan) but not to hang out with, but to suck out their life essence and soul.

4. They like torturing too.

5. They do not make cool entrances at the end of the nightly fireworks display at Disney Land and/or Disney World.

6. There is no merchandise created in their likeness.

7. Did I say that they are mean? Because they are totally mean.

8. Scratch that. Mean isn't the right word. They are evil.

9. Tinkerbell might have jealousy issues about Wendy and Peter but she isn't evil.

10. Real pixies are.

11. Believe me. I know.

Captivate
by Carrie Jones
Coming January 5th 2010 by Bloomsbury USA

Zara and her friends knew they hadn't solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king's needs grow deeper every day he's stuck in captivity, while his control over his people gets weaker. It's made him vulnerable. And now there's a new king in town.

A turf war is imminent, since the new pixie king, Astley, is moving in quickly. Nick nearly killed him in the woods on day one, but Zara came to his rescue. Astley swears that he and Zara are destined to be together, that he's one of the good guys. Nick isn't buying it, though Zara isn't as sure -- despite herself, she wants to trust the new king. But it's a lot more than her relationship with Nick that is at stake. It's her life -- and his.

Carrie Jones is an award-winning author who recently graduated from Vermont College's MFA program. In addition to penning Need, she is the author of the YA novels Girl, Hero; Love (and Other Uses for Duct Tape); and Tips on Having a Gay (Ex)-Boyfriend, which was nominated for a YALSA Quick Pick and won the Maine Literary Award as well as the Independent Book Publisher Award (the IPPY) . Her upcoming picture book Moe Berg, the Spy who Played Baseball (from David Godine) is being illustrated by Barry Moser. Carrie lives in Ellsworth, Maine.

www.carriejonesbooks.com
www.needpixies.com

GIVEAWAY
NOTE: THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED
Carrie is giving away one copy of NEED in paperback!
Just leave a comment for her along with your email address.
Bonus entries:
Anyplace you link/post about the contest.
Open to all U.S. Residents
Contest Ends 3/8/2010