Teri Terry

Hello everyone and welcome to day 5!

Today I have the wonderful Teri Terry on my blog today!
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Interview

1.    Hi Teri, Evolution, the last book in your Dark Matter trilogy is out this year. How does it feel that it is ending?
It’s a mixture of feelings to see the last book in a trilogy ready to face the world. There is something about writing the third and last book of a series that is much different to a standalone; I’ve lived in the world with the characters so long. I’ll both miss them and am excited to do something different. It’s the second time I’ve reached the end of a trilogy, having finished the Slated trilogy with Shattered in 2014, and both times writing the third book was both fun and less stressful than writing the middle book; there is also something really exhilarating about rushing to the end. I’m excited to see what people think of Evolution!
 
2.    What have you loved about writing this trilogy? 
I’ve really enjoyed delving into the science aspects: my inner geek has been very happy! Also a crucial part of the story was the relationship between Kai and Shay. Could it survive the changes in Shay that came about when she survived the illness that killed so many people? But probably my favourite character in the trilogy to write was Callie, in all her incarnations.

 3.    Have you read any books lately you have adored?
I’ve been reading quite a few ghost stories lately, as I’m writing one now. I really enjoyed Unrest by Michelle Harrison. I’m half way through Ghost by Helen Grant, and looking forward to starting something different soon - Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay.
 
4.    Can you give a description of the Dark Matter trilogy for readers who haven't started it yet?
A missing girl; a secret government institution; a devastating epidemic that was never meant to escape … or was it? 
Kai’s little sister Callie has been missing for almost a year. Shay recognizes her from a missing person poster and contacts Kai. Soon they are searching for answers together, as a deadly epidemic begins to sweep down from Scotland. Can they outrun death and save Callie? 
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Author

Teri Terry has lived in France, Canada, Australia and England at more addresses than she can count, acquiring four degrees, a selection of passports and a silly name along the way.
Moving constantly as a child, teenager and also as an adult has kept Teri on the outside looking in much of her life. It has given her an obsession with characters like Kyla in Slated and Luna in Mind Games, who don't belong or find themselves in unfamiliar places. 
Teri left her job with Buck's libraries to write full-time and complete her research MA on the depiction of terrorism in recent young adult dystopian literature. She has also at various times and in various countries been a lawyer, an optometrist, a teaching assistant, and a science technician.
Teri's books have won over a dozen regional and national book awards, including the SCBWI Crystal Kite award for the British Isles, the North East Teenage Book Award, the Leeds Book Award, the Angus book award, the Portsmouth Book Award, the Rotherham book award and the Rib Valley Book Award. It was the most voted for YA title in the 2012 international Edinburgh Book Festival Anobii First Book Award. 

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Books

URGENT!
An epidemic is sweeping the country.
You are among the infected. There is no cure, and you cannot be permitted to infect others. You are now under quarantine. 
The very few of the infected who survive are dangerous and will be taken into the custody of the army.
Young runaway Callie survived the disease, but not the so-called treatment. Her brother Kai is still looking for her. And his new friend Shay may hold the key to uncovering what truly happened.
From the author of the international sensation Slated comes the first book in a powerful new story of survival and transformation; love and power.

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​In a future world, life is tightly controlled by the all-powerful PareCo. Standing out from the crowd is dangerous so misfit Luna hides her secrets carefully, not realising her own power. Unlike her friends and family, Luna has never been able to plug into Realtime, PareCo's virtual world, where almost everyone now lives their lives. So how do PareCo know about Luna, and why do they want her for their elite think tank?
The truth is hidden in a web of shining silver secrets, and the corrupt authorities would do anything to keep it that way. Can Luna find a way to use her own hidden powers and bring the truth to light before it's too late?

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​Tell a lie and the darkness will find you.
Quinn and Piper are twins, but they've never met. A tragic event brings them together, and draws them into a family curse that stretches across centuries. One twin can command the darkness; the other could hold the key to breaking the curse.
But when lies become truth and truth looks like lies, who can you believe? Don't miss this startling new book from Teri Terry, queen of the YA psychological thriller!
They are trapped, frozen. Waiting. Straining against the wood that holds them. The unwary catch a glimpse now and then - feel their desperate hunger, see a glint of red eyes - and scurry out of the shadows of the wood, back to the light.
She's coming; it will be soon.
They will run free on the moors again. The Hunt will return. 
And the ground will run with blood.

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​Kyla's memory has been erased,
her personality wiped blank,
her memories lost for ever.
She's been Slated.
The government claims she was a terrorist, and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla's mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth?
Book 1 in the acclaimed SLATED trilogy.

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I'm just one girl. What can I do?

Sam's cosy life as daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister is about to end. These are turbulent times. Borders have closed and protests are turning violent. The government blames the country's youth, and is cracking down hard. Mobile phones are blocked, gatherings are banned and dissent is brutally crushed.
Sam is torn between family loyalty and doing what is right. when she meets Ava and Lucas her mind is made up.
One girl, one choice. She can make a difference: she must. Even if her life - and her heart - are on the line ...
A red-hot thriller packed with secrets and revelations that shines a new light on the award-winning SLATED trilogy.

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