The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray

New Site

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Doctor Who Is Life

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Make sure you go check out my guest interview on how Doctor Who has influenced my writing! You can find it here.

Book Signing Alert! Saturday, July 7th

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I will be at the Barnes and Noble in Plainfield, IN on Saturday, July 7th starting at 2:00 to sign books and do some reading! Additionally, "Gwendolyn" HERSELF will be there to pose for photos form 2-3! (I'll be there a while longer than that, but I'm much less pretty.)

See you there!

Buy the Book

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It's out!

Go buy the book here. Make sure to leave reviews!

One More Day

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RELEASE DAY IS TOMORROW!

6 Days Until Release!

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Go get your copies now!

Check us out on Goodreads!

And if you're in the Indianapolis area, come to the Barnes and Noble in Greenwood for the Release Party/Book Signing on Friday, May 18th at 6 pm.

Here's some amazing photos to whet your appetite in the meantime. More to come later in the week.

The UnOriginal Score!

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The chapter-by-chapter soundtrack, with each track cued to a specific quote in the book. Play each song on repeat until the next one comes up. Enjoy!

Youtube Playlist

Spotify:

PART ONE-GREY

1. Things That Begin

“Once upon a time, in The City of No Stories, Gwendolyn Gray ran away…”

– “Granny Wendy”

2. The Lambent

“She did not see the two men in bowler hats…”

– “Concerning Aunt Josephine”

3. Curioser and Curioser

“There is something wrong with the Lambents…”

— “The Secret of the Scrolls”

4. Snip Snip

“Cecilia stood at the head of her gang…”

– “An Unpleasant Incident Involving a Train”

5. The Edge

“After what felt like three eternities…”

– “Ferris Wheel”

6. Birds And Bowlers

“The men both wore black bowler hats, and they had no faces…”

– “Colony Collapse”

7. The Magnificent Bathysphere

“At the end of the tunnel there was now a pinpoint of light…”

– “Wow”

8. The Neyora

“Something slammed into the front window again…”

– “Friends Not Food”

9. A Rather Smashing Evening

“Let’s tuck in, I’m positively famished…”

– “Banning Back Home”

PART TWO: GOLD

10. Not That Sort Of Skipping

“It was dark…”

– “Erudite Plan”

“Come out, come out, little Gwendolyn…”

– “Chase Through Fringe”

11. The Mainspring Marketplace

“Gwendolyn pushed her aching body up and looked around…”

– “Flight to Neverland”

12. Castaway

“Oh, here, see anything you like?”

– “The Marvelous Marriage”

13. Clockwork Phantasmagoria

“Outside, the orange sky was darkening to red…”

– “In Loco Parentis”

14. The Shadows Fall

“They fled down the cobblestone street…”

– “All Is Hell That Ends Well”

“It’s not working! I don’t have enough energy here…”

– “Fantasy Overture”

15. The Lucrative Endeavour

“‘W-what?’ Gwendolyn said…”

– “Flying Vessel”

16. Odd Vacation Plans

“A horn sounded from the ship’s intercom…”

– “Lost Boy Chase”

17. Precarious Reconnaissance

“As if on cue, a shadow fell across the Longboat …”

– “Jack Sparrow’s Theme”

18. The Spark

“Kolonius led them up a set of winding stairs toward the roof of the cave …”

– “Monkey Island – Lechuck Theme”

“The pirate glared down at Sparrow…”

– “He’s A Pirate”

19. Sunset On The Spiced Seas

“’Kolonius!’ Gwendolyn shouted as they landed…”

– “The Hologram/Binary Sunset”

PART THREE: RED

20. The Crystal Coves Of Kytain

“They prepared to go ashore…”

– “Outlands”

21. Tylerium Drekk And The Pistola Luminant

“They spun around. Twenty bandits surrounded them…”

– “Guilty of Being Innocent of Being Jack Sparrow - Remix”

22. No Room to Run

“RUN!”

– “Edward the Confessor”

“You two. My cabin. Now”

– “The Baudelaire Orphans”

23. Rising Tides

“A red dawn…”

– “The Ultimate War”

24. Swift Retribution

“The coast was still clear…”

– “Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra”

25. Falling Action

“Noooo!”

– “Fall”

“Fly up! Get above the storm!”

– “All the Kings Horses”

26. A Most Unpleasant Homecoming

“Tick… tick… tick…”

– “Doctor Who – Doomsday”

27. Must Always End

“The students cried out in surprise…”

– “The Never-Feast”

“She leaned back against the tree and looked up at the sky…”

– “Tris”

END CREDITS

“So Ends The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray…”

– “There’s a Place For Us”

Cover Reveal!

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The cover is here! Go check it out and enter the giveaway for a free advanced review copy of the book! Go enter to win!

Preorders are live!

2017-10-05T06:14:00.000-04:00

Hey everybody! Quick update today. The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray is now live on Goodreads and Amazon for preorders. Enjoy! The big cover reveal is scheduled for November 7th, so stay tuned!

Gwendolyn Gray will be Published!

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It's official! The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray will be coming to bookstores in May, 2018 from Jolly Fish Press! Check out the press release below, or read it here...

Steampunk Meets Dystopia in the Imaginative World of ‘Gwendolyn Gray’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Megan Naidl
mnaidl@northstareditions.com or
publicity@jollyfishpress.com
(651) 424-4623

ST. PAUL, MN, June 12, 2017– Jolly Fish Press, an imprint of North Star Editions, Inc. (NSE) is excited to announce the May 15, 2018 release of the debut Middle-Grade novel The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray by B. A. Williamson. Part fantasy, part dystopian, part steampunk, and all imagination, The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray follows dreamer Gwendolyn as she evades thought police, enters a whimsical world, befriends explorers and pirates, and fights the evil threatening to erase the new world she loves and her old world that never wanted her.

More about The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray:
Gwendolyn Gray faces an overwhelming battle every day: keeping her imagination under control. It’s a struggle for a dreamer like Gwendolyn, in a city of identical gray skyscrapers, clouds that never clear, and grown-ups who never understand.

But when her daydreams come alive and run amok in The City, the struggle to control them becomes as real as the furry creatures infesting her bedroom. Worse yet, she’s drawn the attention of the Faceless Gentlemen, who want to preserve order in The City by erasing Gwendolyn and her troublesome creations.

With the help of two explorers from another world, Gwendolyn escapes and finds herself in a land of clockwork inventions and colorful creations. Now Gwendolyn must harness her powers and, with a gang of airship pirates, stop the Faceless Gentlemen from destroying the new world she loves and the home that never wanted her—before every world becomes gray and dull.About the author:
B. A. Williamson is the overly caffeinated writer of The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray. When not doing battle with the demons in the typewriter, he can be found wandering Indianapolis with his family, singing in a tuxedo, or taming middle-schoolers. He is a recipient of the Eli Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship. Please direct all complaints and your darkest secrets to @BAWrites on social media, or visit gwendolyngray.com.

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About Jolly Fish Press and North Star Editions
Jolly Fish Press, an imprint of North Star Editions, is dedicated to promoting exceptional, unique new voices in fiction. North Star Editions, Inc. publishes fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages that inspires, informs, and entertains. For more information, visit jollyfishpress.com or northstareditions.com.