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Calendar Events / Announcements '04 II / Re: The Newest "Dark Shadows" Novel.......
« on: September 16, 2004, 06:04:00 AM »Hinton is a major figure in young adult fiction, though I've never read anything by her. I'd be curious to know if her new book is also YA fiction (I'll find out soon enough by checking amazon).
The review on the front page of today's Calendar (entertainment) section of the L.A. Times indicated that this was her first adult novel (and her first published book in 25 years?!). The opinion of the reviewer, who is a huge fan of Hinton's young adult lit, is summed up by the article's title: "A taste for blood taints Hinton's new venture." Obviously, some people don't appreciate horror. :-
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it's hard to understand how both Parker and Hinton could have been officially touted as writing the second DS novel for HarperCollins. I think Mark Rainey would know the background of this.
I'm sure you meant the 3rd DS novel. Mark co-authored the 2nd.