Obligatory Bio

New York Times Bestselling Author Gail Carriger began writing in order to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon...

Books

The Parasol Protectorate Series: Soulless (1) & Changeless (2) & Blameless (3) & Heartless (4) & Timeless (5)
The Finishing School Series: first book Etiquette & Espionage released Feb. 2013 with three others to follow.
The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Series: first book Prudence have been delayed.

Soulless was nominated for Compton Crook and Locus awards, and won an ALA Alex Award.
New York Times Bestseller Soulless Vol. 1 the manga availble in print in the USA and the UK.
Soulless audiobook made Audible's Best of 2010 list and was a Top 20 Sleeper Hit.
Listen to a full cast sample podcast of the first chapter of Soulless! (NOT the audiobook)
German Changeless
New York Times Bestseller Changeless is available as an audiobook on the Recorded Books website and from Audible.
The manga version of Changeless (called Soulless Vol. 2).

New York Times Bestseller Blameless is available as an audiobook from Audible.
Omnibus hardback Vol. 1 (1-3) avaiable only through the SF Book Club.
The manga version of Blameless (called Soulless Vol. 3) is due out Nov. 19, 2013.

New York Times Bestseller Heartless is available from Audible.
Changeless, Blameless, and Heartless were also Locus Bestsellers.

New York Times Bestseller Timeless is available from Audible.
Omnibus hardbackVol. 2 (4-5) avaiable only through SF Book Club.

BOXED SET of the whole Parasol Protectorate series for $30!

My Sister's Song is a short story, Gail’s first professional sale. You can buy it for $0.99 in electronic form for the Nook, Kindle, or in any other format (except print).
Marine Biology is one of Gail's most recent short stories. It is also available in electronic from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords.

#9 on the NYT Bestseller List!

Etiquette & Espionage, The Finishing School Book the First in hard cove and trade paperback.

Curtsies & Conspiracies is now avaiable for preorder.

"Wickedly funny ."
~ Angie Fox, New York Times Bestselling author

The Parasol Protectorate books are comedies of manners set in Victorian London: full of vampires, dirigibles, and tea. They are Jane Austen doing urban fantasy meets PG Wodehouse doing steampunk.

Soulless came out Oct. 2009 from Orbit US to shock and acclaim. Changeless (March 2010), Blameless (Sept. 2010), Heartless (July 2011), and Timeless (March 1, 2012) all hit the New York Times Bestseller list. Buy The Parasol Protectorate series online or from your local brick & mortar. If you would like a signed copy, you can order one from Borderlands Books.

Gail's new Finishing School Series, releases in the Feb. 2013, with Etiquette & Espionage. It follows the trials, tribulations, and trifles of Sophronia and her band of soot-covered compatriots as they try to survive a finishing school where they must learn to finish . . . everything and everyone.

Gail is in France!

Well, my dear Gentle Reader, I am off to foreign climes. I'll be traveling from May 15 ~ June 7 in France. The first half will be work, and the second half vacation. I'll be checking in online, periodically, but mostly unable to respond to anything until I get back.

If you would like to see me while I am there, I will be in St. Malo for Etonnants Voyageurs Festival May 18 ~ 20, and then in Epinal for Imaginales Festival May 23 ~ 25.

When I'm not at panels or eating, I can probably be found at the Calmann/Orbit booth signing and chatting. I'd love love love to see you!

Etonnants Voyageurs Festival in St. Malo

* Signing in the Libraire L'Atlante (we thingk) Booth 84 *

May 18, Saturday
2:15 pm Panel: "Le Retour des vampires" = "Vampires are back”
Maison de l'Imaginaire

May 19, Sunday
4:45 ~ 5:30 pm Panel: “Gothic Girls”
Nouveaux Mondes, Room 2

May 20, Monday
9:00 am Breakfast with Fans
Café L'Univers, Grande Terrasse

Imaginales Festival in Epinal

* Signing in the La Bulle du Livre (the main festival room) *

May 23, Thursday
10:00 am Panel: “coup d’envoi des Imaginales”, which means “Welcome to Imaginales!”.
Espace Cours
Ken Scholes, Lucius Shepard

May 24, Frday
4:00 pm Panel "All kinds of creatures"
Magic Mirrors 2

May 25, Saturday
9:00 am Breakfast Kaffeklutch
Noon ~ 1:00 pm “La fantasy urbaine, réenchanter notre époque” or “Urban Fantasy, how to re-enchant our time”.
Magic Mirrors 2
4:00 pm Q&A/Reading: “Meeting Gail Carriger”
Magic Mirrors 1
5.00 pm Panel: “Femmes et Fantasy, du faire-valoir à la femme" or “Women and Fantasy, from a foil to an action woman”
Magic Mirrors 1

May 26, Sunday
6:00 pm Panel: “One for the Road”
Magic Mirrors 1

Sorry, I will not be doing any events in Paris. Nor will I be visiting neighboring countries this time around. However, I plan to be in London in the fall of next year.

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .
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Your Infusion of Cute . . .
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Your Tisane of Smart . . .
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Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
Guest Agent Sara Megibow: Is the Agent Pitch Session an Effective Tool or Could it use a Tweak?

PROJECT ROUND UP
Waistcoats & Weaponry ~ The Finishing School Book the Third:

Rough draft done. Read through time.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ trade paperback available in the US October 13, 2013.
Curtsies & Conspiracies ~ The Finishing School Book the Second:

Release date November 2013. My ARCs have arrived, contest to come.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 3: (AKA Blameless) Available serialized through YenPlus. Print edition Nov. 19 2013.
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First:

Delayed. Why? Begin rewrite in 2014.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions available in print.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ OUT NOW, The second Finishing School book ~ Nov. 5, 2013

Book News:
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Quote of the Day:
“My hands are perfumed with her delicious limbs, and I cannot wash off the scent. And every moment the thought comes across me of those mysterious recesses of beauty where my hands have been wandering.”
~ Reverend Charles Kingsley, 1840 (AKA the author of The Water Babies)

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