EXCITING NEWS: Usborne has bought the UK/Commonwealth Rights for Will Hill - After the Fire New YA Novel

After the Fire is about a girl who, after growing up in an isolated community, starts to discover that everything she once believed is a lie. 17-year-old girl called Moonbeam. A desert religious cult. Psychiatrists and FBI Agents. Sounds Really good Will!

Hill, who previously wrote the Department 19 series (Harper Collins Children's Books), was inspired by the story of the 1993 Waco siege, which was when the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms attempted to raid the property of the Branch Davidians, a religious group in Waco, Texas, resulting in deaths on both sides.

Fiction director Rebecca Hill, who bought the rights from Charlie Campbell at Kingsford Campbell, said: “Will Hill is currently known for his action-packed plots in Department 19, and with After the Fire he will become known for writing a literary novel which is absorbing, truthful, and beautiful too. A story of identity and vulnerability, where freedom is denied at every turn – this book will break your heart and make you question: would I have the strength to act in the same way?”

Publication is scheduled for February 2017.

Mr Ripley's Horror Book Picks Published In June 2014 - UK Post

Will Hill - Department 19: Zero Hour - Published by HarperCollins Children's Books (5 Jun 2014)

Department 19 still stands against the darkness. But for how much longer? Book four in the explosive series from bestselling author, Will Hill.

As Dracula continues his rise, the men and women of Department 19 wait for good news. But hope is in short supply – the country is beginning to fall apart as the public comes to terms with the horror in their midst; a cure for vampirism remains years, even decades away; and their supposed ally Valentin Rusmanov has not been heard from in weeks.

Jamie Carpenter and his friends are working hard to keep the forces of evil at bay, but it is beginning to feel like a lost cause…Until familiar faces from the past bring news that could turn the tide. News that takes Matt Browning to America on a desperate search for a miracle, and sends Jamie and Larissa Kinley into the darkest corners of eastern Europe, where something old and impossibly powerful waits for them.

Something that could stop Dracula for good.

But the clock is ticking.

Night is falling. And Zero Hour is almost here…

James Dawson - Say Her Name - Published by Hot Key Books (5 Jun 2014)

Roberta 'Bobbie' Rowe is not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school is no big deal, especially when her best friend Naya and cute local boy Caine agree to join in too. They are ordered to summon the legendary ghost of 'Bloody Mary': say her name five times in front of a candlelit mirror, and she shall appear...But, surprise surprise, nothing happens. Or does it? Next morning, Bobbie finds a message on her bathroom mirror...five days...but what does it mean? And who left it there? Things get increasingly weird and more terrifying for Bobbie and Naya, until it becomes all too clear that Bloody Mary was indeed called from the afterlife that night, and she is definitely not a friendly ghost. Bobbie, Naya and Caine are now in a race against time before their five days are up and Mary comes for them, as she has come for countless others before...

Jon Mayhew - Monster Odyssey: The Wrath of the Lizard Lord (Monster Odyssey 2) -  Published by Bloomsbury Children's (5 Jun 2014)

Prince Dakkar and his mentor Count Oginski discover a plot by arch-enemy Cryptos to kill Napoleon. Arriving on their revolutionary submersible to intercept Cryptos, they glimpse a terrifying monster that seems to escape back into the bowels of the Earth. It leads them to discover an amazing underground world, and a plan more nefarious than they could ever have believed - even from Cryptos.

The stage is set for an epic showdown complete with a giant reptilian cavalry and the Battle of Waterloo, in another breathlessly paced and endlessly inventive adventure for fans of Percy Jackson.

Emerald Fennell - Shiverton Hall: The Creeper - Published by Bloomsbury Children's (5 Jun 2014)

Don't look behind you. Resist with all your power. He'll go away, perhaps, as long as you don't look.
Arthur Bannister is back for another term at Shiverton Hall, where eerie events are unfolding. First, a burned stranger shows up in the middle of the night uttering dire warnings. Then a young boy disappears, leaving behind only an ancient book as a clue. And then there's that dreadful feeling Arthur has that he's being watched . . .

Will Hill - Animated Department 19 Comic Strips by Tom Percival

The first and second instalment so far for the animated Department 19 comic strips which has just been released recently - written by Will Hill, everything else has been brilliantly done by Tom Percival. Includes weapons, vehicles, the inside of the Loop, and remarkably high levels of awesome... Hope enjoy them, as they are super cool....

Will Hill - Department 19 Paperback - Book Release/Giveaway - Make A Scary Video

                        

For the release of the Department 19 paperback, we are running a video competition to win an ultimate gadget pack, which includes: iPad2 with accessories, iTunes vouchers and a guest-list spot to our top secret, invitation-only D19 author event at an undisclosed location in the UK. To enter, we are asking people to create their own scary video and upload it to YouTube – just like this one! – and our Facebook page.

The first prize is an Ultimate Gadget Pack including an iPad2 with accessories -- smart cover, iPad dock and headphones - £100 of iTunes vouchers and a place for you and 5 friends on the guest list to a Top Secret invitation-only event with Department 19 author Will Hill at a undisclosed location in the UK! 

The 5 runners up will win £50 in iTunes vouchers, a signed copy of Department 19 and a place for you on the guest list at the Top Secret Event. 

The top 10 videos with the most number of views will be the finalists and will be uploaded to our Facebook page to be judged.

All videos must to be titled 'Department 19 Exists - followed by the name of your video'. They will then be added as a favourite to this channel.

The winners will be selected by Department 19 author Will Hill! 

So entering the competition couldn't be easier:

Step 1 - Come up with an idea for a video to make us jump.

Step 2 - Film it on your phone or camera, whatever you have -- get your friends involved!

Step 3 - Make sure it's really scary.

Step 4 - Upload to youtube - you must name it "Department 19 Exists - "your video name" and post it on the Department 19 Facebook page.. 

Step 5 - Get as many of your friends to view it as possible. 

Step 6 - The top 10 - based on the number of views will then be judged by the author of Department 19 Will Hill. 

The closing date for the competition is 31st October 2011..

So, for your chance to win an iPad and accessories, get making your scary video now!.

Also to promote the release of the paperback,you can get your little hands on a signed copy of the paperback and a new poster. Sounds good right! All you need to do is leave a nice comment on this post and be a UK resident. Ends Friday 30th September,the first person drawn at random will  be sent a nice shiny book!