Jill Murray

It’s been a chilly summer so far in Montreal, but the weather isn’t the only thing keeping my mind on next winter. I’m in the final stages of preparing my February 2010 novel, Rhythm & Blues, for publication. I’m plugging away hard at revisions, and today I got this pleasant surprise in my inbox: catalogue copy!

Doubleday Canada E-Catalogue
Rhythm and Blues
Jill Murray
02/09/2010

The follow-up to Jill Murray’s acclaimed Break on Through, Rhythm and Blues is a thoughtful and glittery young adult novel about a teenage girl’s quest—for fame, love and self-identity.

Many of the things in Alya’s life have been unexpected: She never anticipated receiving a full scholarship to the private school she attends; she never thought she would end up as a member of Hydra Force, the hottest all-girl breakdancing crew around, or that she would be “discovered” and asked to be part of a cool new girl group called EnChantay . . . But that’s what happens to her, and overnight, Alya’s life completely changes. She moves to Montreal and begins voice lessons, practicing choreography with her bandmates, and shooting a video for EnChantay’s first single. Yet, of all the unexpected things in her life, Alya is most surprised when she finds herself questioning the person she is, and feeling things that she never imagined feeling . . . all for one of her friends.

Sounds exciting! I can’t wait to read it! ;-P