Today marks the release of my SIXTH novel, ASCENDANT!
Unless this is your first time at my site (why, hello there!) you already know ASCENDANT is the sequel to RAMPANT, a young adult contemporary fantasy about killer unicorns. Perhaps you’ve even read it.(If not, you totally should — it’s out in paperback now.)
You can read an excerpt of it here.
Or you can watch the trailer:
Also today, I did a Q&A about Ascendant for Malindo Lo’s blog. Check it out!
I can’t believe I have six novels out. Six pretty, pretty novels. I pet them. Here is a picture of me petting them.
And here’s a picture of them with my pet.
See what I did there?
Anyway, in honor of the release of my new book, ASCENDANT, I’m giving it away. Right here, right now.
Leave your name in the comments section to be entered.
Meanwhile, I’m announcing the winner of last week’s ZOMBIES VS UNICORNS giveaway, and that winner is SARAH MAE AT COMMENT #12. Sarah Mae, email me with your address to receive your prize.
September 28th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Congrats on your release day! How fun and exciting
) What’s the pup’s name?
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September 28th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Can’t wait to read. Thanks for the giveaway!
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September 28th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
OMG, that´s so nice of you *-*
Carol Dias
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September 28th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
i managed to find (and purchase) a copy of ASCENDANT this past weekend. i feel so special! and i can’t wait to start reading it. i adore astrid.
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September 28th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Ooh, ‘can’t wait! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Gilliene
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Yay! I love Rampant! Really can’t wait to see what’s in store for my favorite unicorn hunters.
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Congrats on release day! I had the pleasure of reading an ARC of Ascendant and it was AMAZING. Definitely one of my new faves!
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
We’ll be getting this in at my library eventually, but I would still love a copy!!
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Yes PLEASE!
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
SQUEE!
Sorry, that was loud. I’m so excited about this book! Please put me down for the giveaway. And congrats on all the books!
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
I carn’t WAIT for the compation to start.
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Please enter me if it’s international.
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Hi, read your short story in Zombies vs Unicorns and loved it. Can’t wait to read more about a world with killer unicorns. Would love to win this book.
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Congratulations, Diana!!
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Thanks for the giveaway! Rampant was awesome. Can’t wait for Ascendant!
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Oooooo! Please enter me!
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
What a great give away! Can’t see anywhere that says if it’s international I live in the UK so if its not international please ignore this entry (sob!)
Thanks
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Congrats on your release day! I can’t wait to read Ascendant — it’d be so awesome to win, lol. ♥
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Just finished zombies vs unicorns and loved your story! I can’t wait to read the series.
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I’m soooooo excited for Ascendant! I’ve been counting down the days for many, many months now!
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Pick ALLISON! (That’s ME!)
Although, I already ordered it. But, still… PICK MEEEE!
(I can’t wait! I hope my book gets here today…)
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September 28th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
I want to win!!!! A friend loaned me her ARC of ASCENDANT to review on my blog and I LOVED IT!!!! I pray that you get to put out the third book! I need more!!!!!
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September 28th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I would love a copy of Ascendant! Does it come with the adorable dog?
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September 28th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Found a way to work a Rio photo into the entry, I see.
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September 28th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
One day, the pile of books will be higher than Rio.
But I’m sure you’ll still fut her into the picture when that time comes!
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September 28th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Oooh, I loved Rampant! Please enter me.
Krista
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September 28th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
please enter me unicorn hunters are awesome anxious to see what happens next happy realease day what kind of dog is it? international please thank YOU so muchfor the contest
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September 28th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Yes please! Especially since my library hasn’t got it in stock yet
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September 28th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Congrats, Diana! My copy shipped yesterday, and I can’t wait to dive into it.
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September 28th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Thank you for the giveaway! Can’t wait to read Ascendant!
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September 28th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
I like the anti-spam words
mine was unicorn! Thanks for the giveaway 
Happy book birthday!
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September 28th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Congrats on your new book. I’d love to be entered into the giveaway contest. Thanks!
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September 28th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I can’t wait to read this one. Count me in, please!
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September 28th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Congratulations on release day!
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September 28th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I want to pet your pet, but I’m game for the book, too.
Happy release day!
chelsea AT vampirebookclub.net
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September 28th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
congratulations, diana!! i am proud to say i have all those books myself.
love rio with them!
i’m crossing my fingers it’s more like an early 2012 for the third book . . . astrid and phil are so awesome. and bonegrinder!!
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September 28th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
I’d love to enter the contest Diana, but only if it is open worldwide (I’m in Europe!), by the way, can I have your dog? Please? He’s so cute xD
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September 28th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Love this series! Congrats on the release. Unicorns rock.
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September 28th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
I was wondering when this was coming out!
Katie
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September 28th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
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September 28th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
I am super excited to read Ascendant!
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September 28th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Happy Release Day!!!
Your books and your pet are beautiful.
Please enter me. Thank you.
mdwartistry at yahoo dot com
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September 28th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Congratulations on your release! Can’t wait to read Ascendant!
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September 28th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Hooray! I’m excited to read Ascendant. I just read “Errant” this week. I liked it a lot. It was nice to get a peak into the lives of some unicorn hunters of yore.
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September 28th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Happy release day. May you be blessed with the blood of a thousand killer unicorns. Or at least cake.
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September 28th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Book please!!! And congratulations on your 6th book! Keep them coming!
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September 28th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Congrats! Nice photos! May I suggest another? I think the money shot would be you reading the Bonegrinder scenes in Rampant to Rio while she sits in your lap. =)
I bit the bullet and ran out to buy the book after a 10-hour work day (in two cities!), so don’t enter me, but just wanted to say that it’s lovely of you to do so many giveaways. Hope someone else gets converted to the Astrid/Bucephalus ship because of it. =)
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September 28th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Congrats on the release! That pile looks awesome! It will be another success.
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September 28th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Congratulations on another release day!
I’m happy to say “Ascendant” was delivered to my Kindle at 3am and I’m already 55% of the way through it… I was sneaking paragraphs all day at work, but don’t tell my boss that!
Still need to pick up a hardcover copy for my collection though O:-)
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September 28th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I can’t wait to read this.
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September 28th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
I’d love to win this.
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September 29th, 2010 at 1:10 am
Congratulations, Diana!
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September 29th, 2010 at 1:36 am
congratulations! That’s a lot of published books. And the next one will be published next month. You must be so excited. I can’t wait to read Ascendant!
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September 29th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Please enter me.
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September 29th, 2010 at 10:55 am
Oh, man. My friend Josh and I have been dying to get our hands on this for ages. Definitely enter me!
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September 29th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Happy book birthday! I’m super excited to read Ascendant.
Please enter me into the giveaway!
- Lauren M
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September 29th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
I’d love to be entered into your Ascendant giveaway! I’d pass the copy along to the library at the high school where I teach English (after I read it of course). Funds have been short here in Indiana, and I usually pass along whatever copies of YA fiction I can to them.
Thanks!
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September 29th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Congrats on your release day! I would love to win this book!
Andrea
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September 29th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Oh lovely! I want my very own copy to pet and admire!!
thanks and congrats on the release.
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September 30th, 2010 at 3:33 am
I want this , i want this !
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September 30th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Me please!
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September 30th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Is this contest international? if so please enter me
Thank you and congratulations!
myalternativeworld at gmail dot com
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September 30th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
If it’s an international giveaway, please enter me
Larissa
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September 30th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Aww, what a cute doggie! Thanks for the giveaway!
Arceli
a(dot)long(at)tcu(dot)edu
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October 1st, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I am so excited to read Ascendant! Can’t wait to get my grubby lil’ hands on it!!
~Becca =)
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October 1st, 2010 at 7:24 pm
How could I not want to win this?
Jessy
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October 1st, 2010 at 10:21 pm
I am so excited for you, I loved rampant!! Congrats on your sixth book!! thanks for the giveaway!! I cant wait to read ascendant!! Please enter me!!
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October 2nd, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Can’t wait to read Ascendant! I love your books!
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October 2nd, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Oh please!
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October 2nd, 2010 at 9:31 pm
this is interesting…
regards,
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October 2nd, 2010 at 9:33 pm
hello
congratulations on your 6 books being published.
You went through a lot to do that didn\’t you?
good luck on mayb making that number to 7?
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October 3rd, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Wow! You are awesome! Thanks for the giveaway!
TaraTagli at gmail dot com
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October 4th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Congrats and thank you so much for this awesome contest! I can’t really wait to read Ascendant!
Giada M.
fabgiada (at) gmail (dot) com
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October 4th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Congrats on the release of you book. I’d love to have the chance to win it.
jlynettes at hotmail dot com
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October 5th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Big Congrats to you Thank you so much for the chance to win your book
Latisha D
tishajean@charter.net
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October 5th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
tabbylewis at hotmail.com
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October 6th, 2010 at 8:56 am
New visitor here, named Heather, lol.
I read your short in Zombies vs. Unicorns and had to run out and buy Rampant.
Thanks!
littlebearries@yahoo.com
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October 6th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I’m super excited to read this! Please enter me, thanks!
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October 6th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
If I had so much as one published book, I’d pet it! Congratulations!
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October 6th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
I’m currently working on my first novel, and when I finish it I plan to carry it around with me. : )
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October 7th, 2010 at 1:01 am
More killer unicorns? Hooray! (Have been waiting for Ascendant since I read Rampant last year.) Congratulations on your newest release!
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October 7th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Thanks for the chance to win a copy of your new book!
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October 7th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Dying to read Ascendant! Thank you
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October 11th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Happy release day!!! Thats so awesome! 6 books, A beautiful new baby girl!!!
Enter me please! 
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October 11th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
I’m reading Rampant right now and the sequel is definately on my to read list.
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October 12th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
I absolutely loved Rampant and was so excited about Ascendant — have already borrowed it and read it and loved it also. I’d love to own a new copy if the contest is still going on, and am actually planning to purchase Rampant this week. I know it’s way too early to get any sort of details, but I’d like to know if you have plans to continue Astrid’s story. I will be lined up and waiting to read/buy as soon as it’s available, if ever. Cute pup by the way! And even cuter baby.
Congratulations!
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January 19th, 2011 at 2:31 am
I’m very excited about your next post. Thanks again for creating such high quality content.
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February 22nd, 2011 at 12:08 am
It’s very late, but, congratulations on the book!
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June 18th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
I was just browsing the web for good books since I am about to be done with my classes and I ran across Rampant and I remembered how much I loved it, and how I wasn’t sure after I had finished if there would be a sequel. So went I saw Rampant today on the web I searched for the sequel and found this page. I am sooo excited its on my next to read list. Thank you for the amazing books!!!!
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October 31st, 2011 at 12:47 pm
If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery she’d still be standing.
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