Monkey Around by Jadie Jang

Howdy everyone! I’m delighted to share a debut novel by Jadie Jang, Monkey Around, an urban fantasy published by Simon & Schuster available now. This giveaway is for 5 paperback copies and 5 e-books so get ‘em while they’re hot!

From the publisher:

San Francisco has a Monkey King — and she's freaking out.

Barista, activist, and were-monkey Maya McQueen was well on her way to figuring herself out. Well, part of the way. 25% of the way. If you squint.

But now the Bay Area is being shaken up. Occupy Wall Street has come home to roost; and on the supernatural side there’s disappearances, shapeshifter murders, and the city’s spirit trying to find its guardian.

Maya doesn’t have a lot of time before chaos turns up at her door, and she needs to solve all of her problems. Well, most of them. The urgent ones, anyhow.

But who says the solutions have to be neat? Because Monkey is always out for mischief.

About the author

Claire Light (writing as Jadie Jang) is almost as organizy as her characters. She started a magazine (Hyphen) and an arts festival (APAture) with a cast of Asian Pacific Americans even more magical, if less supernatural, than the ones she writes about. She also got an MFA, went to Clarion West, and compromised between the two by publishing a collection of “literary” sci-fi short stories (Slightly Behind and to the Left) that maybe 100 people read. After wrangling arts and social justice nonprofits for 17 years, her already autoimmune-disease-addled body threw a seven-year-long tantrum, leading our then-house-bound heroine into an urban fantasy addiction. A few years, and a dozen Euro-centric-mythology-dominated urban fantasy series later, Claire sat up and said “I can do this!” and Jadie Jang, the part of her brain that writes snarky-fun genre romps, was born. She posts about monkeys every Monday under @seelight on Twitter.

Details

1) Any disabled person in the US is eligible for this giveaway. If you already received a book from one of my previous giveaways, please consider letting other people have a chance.

2) The first 5 people requesting each format (paperback or e-book) will receive a book. If you do not receive a reply that means the books have been claimed or you did not include all the required information.

3) Send email to DisabilityVisibilityProject@gmail.com with ‘Book Giveaway’ in the title of the message. Do not reply to this post!!

4) Include the following information in your message:

• First and last name
• Mailing address
• Format you prefer (paperback, epub), one type only

Please note: I will send this information along with your email address to the publisher who will confirm your contact information and send your book.