Malinda Lo
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Dec 2, 2009
The Morris Award nomination :)
I am so happy to announce that Ash is a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award. The Morris Award is given to debut young adult novels, and is granted by the American Library Association.
It is SO EXCITING to be nominated for this award!! I heard about it yesterday but it still hasn’t really sunk in yet. Here’s how it felt when I found out:
Here are the other finalists (such fine company!):
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
The Everafter by Amy Huntley
Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
hold still by Nina LaCour
I feel so honored and grateful that Ash has been nominated for this award. 
Congratulations!: ) Happy to see Ash in the running for an ALA award.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited for you! Ash is SO wonderful, and in such awesome company!!
haha! too cute the kitty!
AND CONGRATS so so thrilled
for you m lo. if i can’t be on the list,
then i’ll gladly moooooch the kitty glory
off of you, amiga! =DDD
ala dc is gonna be so exciting!
Congrats, Malinda! This is so exciting!
way!! congratulations! well well well deserved
Thanks everybody! It has been a fabulous 24 hours.
I hope you win!!! =D
* happy dance for Malinda *