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Here's a list of all the great books to movies coming out in 2013!! I'm stretching the list a bit to include comics (anyone else notice a rise in the interest in superheroes at their library each time a new superhero movie comes out? I notice this a lot, especially in the preschool and tween demographic) and some classics. I'll try to update as other release dates are added. January Struck by Lightning -OK, so this one was a movie first, and then a book, but still I'm counting it!-novel inspired by the movie February Beautiful Creatures - based on the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl March Oz: The Great and Powerful - loosely inspired by the Oz Series by L. Frank Baum The Host -based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer April May Iron Man 3 -inspired by the Iron Man comics The Great Gatsby -based on the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald (not technically YA, but read in many high school English classes) Epic -loosely inspired by the picture bo...

Author Kathleen Churchyard, author of the middle grade novel, Bye for Now, has a lot of Hollywood experience! So when she came up with the idea for a guest post about how books get made into movies, I knew she had to write it! You know I love my book to movie adaptations-I post weekly movie news here on the blog. So if you've ever wondered what exactly is involved in a book to movie, you'll want to check out Kathleen's post! What happens when my book hits Hollywood? Guest Post by Kathleen Churchyard Despite 16 years working as an executive in LA, there’s no job I ever held that’s as conversation-sparking as my very first secretarial job in the West Coast Book Department of William Morris and subsequently ICM. I get asked the above question all the time, so today’s blog is my answer to all. My boss was a co-agent. That meant she didn’t sign many author clients of her own. Predominantly, she was responsible for selling the film and television rights to every book, of e...