With young female heroines in vogue, multiple short story award-winner Jon Batson enters the realistic fiction arena with his new novel for young adult and adolescent readers: Nina Knows the Night.

Raleigh, NC June 1,2008 — Nina Knows the Night, by author Jon Batson, follows the adventures of Nina Richardson a mild-mannered law school dropout who becomes a kick-butt heroine after innocently acquiring a metal case filled with military-like weapons. Determined to knock out the growing crime in her formerly posh-turned-run-down urban neighborhood she discovers her superpowers to be her own inner-strength and purpose.

“I welcome the comments and feedback from fans and readers.” said Batson. “This is not a serious book. As a performing songwriter and author I believe people want to be entertained from time to time. Like the great American philosopher-cartoonist, Walt Kelly once said, “‘Don’t take life so serious, son, it ain’t nohow permanent.’”

Readers are invited to go online and read the weekly installments and follow our heroine’s exploits at Batson’s blogs http://midnightwhistler.blogspot.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/jonbatson_author.

Known for his witty ability to get a point across, Jon has entertained audiences with his songs in the US and Europe since the 60’s. His story-telling style migrated easily to short stories and novels. “Selfers” and “Smoking Bedpan” join “The Powder Monkey of Cape Fear”, “Gaston’s Last Run” and “Love at the Lumina Pavilion” as award-winning short stories penned by Batson.

For more information about Jon Batson go to http://www.myspace.com/jonbatson_author
About Jon Batson

In addition to writing, Jon is a member of ASCAP, on the Board of Directors of the NC Songwriter’s Co-op, conducts songwriting workshops, books talent showcases, as well as perform at a variety of venues and annual festivals. The Washington, D.C. native now resides in Raleigh, NC with his wife Eileen.
MEDIA CONTACT

Eileen Batson – Raleigh, NC 919.327.5021 BatsonGroup@yahoo.com

English author EJ Tett has just published the first in a series of new young adult fantasy on Lulu.com, the online marketplace for digital content.

EJ Tett first wrote ‘The Kingdom of Malinas’ when she was seventeen, the next two books in the trilogy soon followed but it is only now, at the age of twenty-five, that The Kingdom of Malinas has been made available.

Roger Dewar from the Academy of Children’s Writers comments ”The Kingdom of Malinas is an excellent and interesting piece of writing.”

About The Kingdom of Malinas: After an argument with her mother, sixteen-year-old Sorrel returns to her home in the Vale of Malinas to find the forest burned and her people taken into slavery.

She knows who has taken them. The Lamya! They are the same people who invaded the Kingdom of Malinas over a hundred years ago and turned it into a place of barren land and dark deeds.

Sorrel must leave her home in the Vale to find an army to aid her. With only her best friend Little Cloud by her side, Sorrel must face many dangers – a crazed Lamya guard, two dragons, the mysterious wraiths known as the ‘Grey Men’ and the Leader of all Lamya: Corrinus. A man who has a past connection with Sorrel.

The fate of the Kingdom of Malinas rests in her hands…

To find out more please visit www.the-kingdom-of-malinas.co.uk or www.myspace.com/kingdomofmalinas

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EJ Tett is 25 years old and works in a hotel in Somerset, southwest England. She lives in Chard in Somerset with her two rats. Her book can be found at http://stores.lulu.com/em_j