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Justina Ireland

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Justina Ireland enjoys dark chocolate, dark humor, and is not too proud to admit that she’s still afraid of the dark. She lives with her husband, kid, and dog in Pennsylvania. She is the author of Vengeance Bound and Promise of Shadows both currently available from Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers. Her essay “Me, Some Random Guy, and the Army of Darkness” is in the forthcoming The V-Word, an anthology of personal essays by women about having sex for the first time, published by Beyond Words (S&S). Blog: Justina Ireland Twitter: @tehawesomersace

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You ever get the feeling that you’ve read that book blurb before? Do you wonder if maybe publishing folks are just reusing book blurbs Mad Libs style? Well, if not then they should, with our very amazing, totally excellent fillable book blurbs! Just find your category, follow the directions, and you’ve got a marketing machine that won’t quit.

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