Killer Unicorns!

This announcement has been a long time coming, but then again, I’ve been working on my “secret project” for a few years now. I’ve imagined this post so many times. Finally getting to make it is a dream come true.

Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns…

From the Publisher’s Marketplace Announcement:

Children’s:
Young Adult
Author of SECRET SOCIETY GIRL Diana Peterfreund’s RAMPANT, about killer unicorns that can only be defeated by virgin descendants of Alexander the Great, and the teenage huntress whose birthright is seriously messing up her social life, to Kristin Daly at Harper Children’s, in a good deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (NA).
Film: Matt Snyder at CAA.

Yes, you read that right. Killer unicorns and the virgins who hunt them.

I have been giddy with excitement all weekend. I’ve sold my fifth and sixth books! Now I not only get to write the Secret Society Girl series for Bantam Dell, but I also get to write young adult urban fantasy for Harper Collins! Seriously, pinch me! And because the book is set in Rome, I smell a research trip coming on… um, as long as I can fit it into my schedule.

I owe so much to my friends and first readers who helped me shape the book, but even more, I owe it to Sailor Boy, who is an even bigger fan of this story than I am, and kept pushing me to make it better. How lucky am I? (Hands off, ladies.) He has, of course, graciously volunteered his services as a research assistant and official gelato taster.

So there you have it. A new secret is out…