Press Kit for Awakening

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

12-Sep-13 | Morgan, Utah

MYTHIC FANTASY BRINGS IRISH DANCE TO LIFE 

Awakening: Book One of The Geis will be available September 24th. 

From the author of the Book Blogger’s Cookbooks comes a thrilling debut novel based in Celtic mythology, Awakening is a gripping young adult fantasy rife with magic, romance, and mystery. 

Because some Celtic stories won’t be contained in myth . . . 

A little magic has always run in sixteen-year-old McKayla McCleery's family—at least that’s what she’s been told. McKayla’s eccentric Aunt Avril travels the world as a psychic for the FBI, and her mother can make amazing delicacies out of the most basic of ingredients. But McKayla doesn't think for a second that the magic is real—it’s just good storytelling. Besides, McKayla doesn’t need magic. She recently moved to beautiful Star Valley, Wyoming, and already she has a best friend, a solo in her upcoming ballet recital—and the gorgeous guy in her physics class keeps looking her way. 

When an unexpected fascination with Irish dance leads McKayla to seek instruction from the mute, crippled janitor at her high school, she learns that her family is not the only one with unexplained abilities. 

After Aunt Avril comes to Star Valley in pursuit of a supernatural killer, people begin disappearing, and the lives of those McKayla holds most dear are threatened. When the janitor reveals that an ancient curse, known as a geis, has awakened deadly powers that defy explanation, McKayla is forced to come to terms with what is real and what is fantasy. 

In 2011, Christy Dorrity published a set of literary cookbooks known as The Book Blogger’s Cookbooks in an experiment to see if self-publishing would be a viable pathway to publication. The cookbooks have sold over 120,00 copies to date. 

On September 24, 2013, Dorrity’s debut novel, AWAKENING: BOOK ONE OF THE GEIS will be launched. 

Christy Dorrity is a champion level Irish dancer. She writes a blog for IrishCentral.com, the leading Irish-American website in the United States. 

Advance praise:

"AWAKENING is a wonder and a delight. Christy Dorrity is a talent to watch."

~David Farland, New York Times bestselling author of Nightingale

If you would like to review a copy of Awakening, please contact christydorrity@yahoo.com.

Official Press Photos and Author Bio:

Awakening: Book One of The Geis
by Christy Dorrity

Author Christy Dorrity

Christy Dorrity lives in the mountains with her husband, five children, and a cocker spaniel. She grew up on a trout ranch in Star Valley, Wyoming, and is the author of The Geis series for young adults, and The Book Blogger’s Cookbooks. Christy is a champion Irish dancer and when she’s not reading or writing, she’s probably trying out a new recipe in the kitchen.