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Chick Lit Chapter News

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• For the month of September, Gabrielle Herkert's Catnapped! was number #1 at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop and #5 on the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association List. She just entered Amazon's Hot Mystery Releases at #87.
• Gabrielle Herkert's short story, The Grey Zone, received an Honorable Mention in the 76th Annual Writers' Digest Awards in the mystery genre category.
• Early in November, Gina Robinson made her first sale! She accepted a two-book deal with Kensington Books. Her first book, Spy Candy, will be a November 2008 release. Spy Candy features a conservative banker and James Bond fanatic who realizes her wildest dreams when she goes on an extreme vacation to fantasy spy camp.
• Helen Kay Dimon's YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY has been named the "RED-HOT READ" for August 2007 by Cosmopolitan Magazine. The book will be excerpted in the edition that hits the stands on July 10th!
• Helen Kay Dimon's VIVA LAS BAD BOYS! won the 2006 CAPA Award for Best Anthology, was a Romance Readers' At Heart Top Pick for 2006, and is a finalist in the 2007 Beacon Contest in the novella category.
• Jennifer Estep recently sold the third book in her BigTime series, JINX, set for an April 2008 release.
• Ruth J. Kaufman's MY LIFE AS A STAR won the Single Title category of the Great Expectations contest.
• Wendy Toliver was a Golden Heart 2007 Finalist in Young Adult!
• Dona Sarkar-Mishra recently sold 2 books to Harlequin's Kimani True: HOW TO SALSA IN A SARI will be released January 2008; THE STORY OF LYNX...AND ANA (tentative title) will be released November 2008.
• Lois Winston's TALK GERTIE TO ME won the Readers and Bookbuyers Best Award, and is also a finalist for a Beacon Award.

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