Hey guys, my new novel comes out on Tuesday. Here's the skinny… ....

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PATIENT ZERO by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martins ....Griffin....; trade ....

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When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing. It's good because he's a ....Baltimore.... detective that has just been secretly recruited by the government to lead a new taskforce created to deal with the problems that Homeland Security can't handle. This rapid response group is called the Department of Military Sciences or the DMS for short. It's bad because his first mission is to help stop a group of terrorists from releasing a dreadful bio-weapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.... ....

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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: "Plenty of man-to-zombie combat, a team traitor and a doomsday scenario add up to a fast and furious read. ....

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KIRKUS: "The book is as fun and funny as it is chilling and thrill-packed. Joe is a fantastic character, full of compassion, real vulnerabilities and a deliciously dark sense of humor." ....

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"I had a fine old time reading PATIENT ZERO. Jonathan Maberry has found a delightful voice for this adventure of Joe Ledger and his crew: while the action is heated, violent, and furious, the writing remains cool, steady, and low-key, framing all the wildness and exuberance in a calm rationality (given an almost comic edge) that renders it as palatable as your favorite flavor of ice cream. This is a lovely feat, and Maberry has written a memorable book." - PETER STRAUB ....

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"A fast-paced, creepy thriller that as prickly as a hospital needle and sounds a little too convincing. This guy is good." –JOE R. ..LANSDALE.. ....

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"Brilliant, shocking, horrifying, it puts the terror back in terrorist." – JAMES ROLLINS, New York Times bestselling author of The Judas Strain ....

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"PATIENT ZERO is a first-rate thriller with a bioterror angle that is as horrific as it is plausible. Maberry's prose sears, his dialog cuts like a knife, and his characters crackle with life. Joe Ledger rules."–..DOUGLAS.. ..PRESTON.. , co-author of The Wheel of Darkness and The Book of the Dead A dark, chilling and funny thriller about zombies ....

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"Patient Zero is high-octane excitement from beginning to end, and the start of a fabulous new series. Joe Ledger and the DMS have my vote as the team to beat when combating terrorist threats on a grand scale." - DAVID MORRELL, New York Times bestselling author of FIRST BLOOD and CREEPERS ....

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"Scary, creepy, and gripping--PATIENT ZERO is 'Night of the Living Dead' meets Michael Crichton."-- JOSEPH FINDER, New York Times bestselling author of Power Play ....

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"Brutal action, insanely intelligent, and so real that the hair on the back of your neck stands up!" -- ....L.A..... BANKS, The Vampire Huntress Legends Series, New York Times Best-selling Author ....

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..FREE.. PREQUEL SHORT STORY: Download a free prequel story to Jonathan Maberry's exciting new bio-terrorism thrill, PATIENT ZERO ( ..St... Martins Press). ....

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COUNTDOWN: download a free prequel to PATIENT ZERO. Go to http://us.macmillan.com/static/stmartinspress/exacttarget/jonathanmaberryform.html ....

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Or you can link to it from my website: www.jonathanmaberry .com ....

Jonathan Maberry
Multiple Bram Stoker Award winner....

Author of PATIENT ZERO (St Martins ....Griffin....) and ZOMBIE ..CSU.. (Citadel Press)....

www.jonathanmaberry.com....

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WRITERS COFFEEHOUSE THIS SUNDAY ....

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Come and join us on Sunday, January 25, from ..noon.. to ..3pm.. at the SAXBY COFFEE (formerly .Bucks County Coffeehouse in Doylestown PA for a free writers networking session. 

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It's a bunch of writers sitting around talking about writing…with coffee.  No agenda…just chat about the latest trends in the industry, about markets, about pitching and selling, about frustration, about keeping the inner fires alight, about dealing with our families, about how damn tough it is to make it as a writer at the best of times and what writers can do to stay afloat in these troubled economic waters.    ....

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No previous publishing experience necessary…the Writers Coffeehouse attracts everyone from absolute beginner to award-winners and bestsellers.  We're all writers.  ....

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So come on out and join us.  This is a regular event that meets on the last Sunday of every month).  ....

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Grab a cup of coffee and head on downstairs to the Conference Room.    See you Sunday. ....

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-Jonathan Maberry....

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For more information, drop me a line at jonathan_maberry@yahoo.com

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And join our free online community: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheWritersCoffeehouseOnline/ ....

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SAXBY COFFEE....

....22 N. Main Street........

....Doylestown.. , ..PA.. ..18901........

(215) 345-0795 

The HWA (Horror Writers Association) just announced the Preliminary Ballot for the 2009 Bram Stoker Award.  I’m delighted to say that two of my books have made it to the list: BAD MOON RISING (Best Novel) and ZOMBIE CSU (Best Nonfiction).....

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This is NOT the final ballot.  That will be announced later, but it’s a wonderful step in the right direction.  And for anyone looking for a reading list of the very best in horror….here’s the complete Preliminary Ballot…....

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SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL....

Coffin County by Gary Braunbeck (Leisure)....

The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford (William Morrow)....

Ghost Walk by Brian Keene (Leisure)....

The Reach by Nate Kenyon (Leisure)....

Duma Key by Stephen King (Scribner)....

Johnny Gruesome by Gregory Lamberson (Bad Moon/Medallion)....

Water Witch by Deborah Leblanc (Dorchester/Leisure)....

Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)....

Dead and Gone by Harry Shannon (Delirium Books)....

The Price by Alexandra Sokoloff (St. Martins)....

The Man on the Ceiling by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem (Wizards of the Coast)....

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SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL....

Bestial: Werewolf Apocalypse by William D. Carl (Permuted Press)....

Apricot Brandy by Lynn César (Juno Books)....

Midnight On Mourn Street by Christopher Conlon (Earthling Publications)....

Veins by Lawrence C. Connolly (Fantasist Enterprises)....

Eternal Vigilance by Gabrielle S. Faust (Immanion Press)....

The Gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti (Dark Hart Press)....

Monster Behind the Wheel by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin (Delirium Books)....

Frozen Blood by Joel A. Sutherland (Lachesis Publishing)....

Crimson Orgy by Austin Williams (Borderlands Press)....

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SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION....

“The Lagerstatte” by Laird Barron (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy)....

The Shallow End of the Pool by Adam-Troy Castro (Creeping Hemlock)....

Miranda by John R. Little (Bad Moon Books)....

Redemption Roadshow by Weston Ochse (Burning Effigy)....

The Confessions of St. Zach by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)....

Orpheus and the Pearl by Kim Paffenroth (Magus Press)....

"Behold the Child" by Harry Shannon (Brimstone Turnpike)....

Just Like Hell by Nate Southard (Thunderstorm Books)....

Population Zero by Wrath James White (Cargo Cult Press)....

Orgy of Souls by Wrath James White, and Maurice Broaddus (Apex Book Company)....

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SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION....

"The Last Word" by Maria Alexander (Sins of the Sirens)....

"Mama Strangelove's Remedies for Afterlife Disorders, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Mother Death" by C. Dean Andersson (Brutarian)....

"Consumed" by Michael Louis Calvillo (Horror Library Volume 3)....

"Petrified" by Scott Edelman (Desolate Souls)....

"Mechanix" by Christopher Fulbright (Bound for Evil)....

The Lost by Sarah Langan (Cemetery Dance Publications)....

"The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft" by Nick Mamatas, and Tim Pratt (Chizine)....

"The Haven" by John Palisano (Horror Library Vol. 3)....

"Turtle" by Lee Thomas (Doorways)....

"The Blog at the End of the World" by Paul Tremblay (Chizine)....

"Those Eyes" by Mark W. Worthen (Thinner Than Mist)....

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SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY....

The Undead: Headshot Quartet edited by Christina Bivins and Lane Adamson (Permuted Press)....

Like a Chinese Tattoo edited by Bill Breedlove (Dark Arts Books)....

Horror Library, Vol. 3 edited by R. J. Cavender (Cutting Block Press)....

Abominations edited by Tim Deal (Shroud Publishing)....

Beneath the Surface edited by Tim Deal (Shroud Publishing)....

Unspeakable Horrors edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder (Dark Scribe Press)....

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SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A COLLECTION....

The Number 121 to Pennsylvania by Kealan Patrick Burke (Cemetery Dance Publications)....

Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel (Apex Publications)....

Just After Sunset by Stephen King (Scribner)....

Little Creatures by Michael McCarty (Sam's Dot Publishing)....

Other Gods by Stephen Mark Rainey (Dark Regions Press)....

The Autopsy and Other Tales by Michael Shea (Centipede)....

Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy C. Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)....

Fourtold by Michael Stone (Baysgarth Publications)....

Gleefully Macabre Tales by Jeff Strand (Delirium)....

Ennui and Other States of Madness by David Niall Wilson (Dark Regions Press)....

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SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION....

Shadows Over New England by David Goudsward, and Scott T. Goudsward (BearManor Media)....

Bram Stoker's Notes for Dracula by Robert Eighteen-Bisang and Elizabeth Miller (McFarland)....

Spirits and Death in Niagara by Marcy Italiano (Schiffer Publishing)....

The New Annotated Dracula by Leslie S. Klinger (W. W. Norton)....

Beauty and Dynamite by Alethea Kontis (Apex Publications)....

Cheap Scares by Gregory Lamberson (McFarland)....

Zombie ..CSU.. by Jonathan Maberry (Citadel)....

Modern Mythmakers by Michael McCarty (McFarland)....

A Hallowe'en Anthology by Lisa Morton (McFarland)....

The Book of Lists: Horror by Amy Wallace, Del Howison, and Scott Bradley (Harper)....

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SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A POETRY COLLECTION....

The Nightmare Collection by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press)....

The Phantom World by Gary William Crawford (Sam's Dot)....

Virgin of the Apocalypse by Corrine De Winter (Sam's Dot Publishing)....

The Flayed Man and Other Poems by Phillip A. Ellis (Gothic Press)....

Attack Of The Two-Headed Poetry Monster by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty (Skullvines Press)....

Ghosts of Past and Future by Darrell Schweitzer (Borgo)....

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 COUNTDOWN

by

Jonathan Maberry

Read an exciting short story prequel to PATIENT ZERO. 

Register for a free download at

http://us.macmillan.com/AuthorExtras.aspx?AuthorKey=8138810&m_type=4&m_contentid=10875cmscontent

PATIENT ZERO will be released by St. Martins Press on March 3.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY calls is "...a fast and furious read."

And here are what today's top bestsellers are saying about PATIENT ZERO:

PETER STRAUB: ""..while the action is heated, violent, and furious, the writing remains cool, steady, and low-key."

JOE LANSDALE: "a fast-paced, creepy thriller."

JOSEPH FINDER:  "PATIENT ZERO is 'Night of the Living Dead' meets Michael Crichton."

JAMES ROLLINS: "It puts the 'terror' back in 'terrorist'!"

DAVID MORRELL: "Patient Zero is high-octane excitement from beginning to end, and the start of a fabulous new series."

DOUGLAS PRESTON: "PATIENT ZERO is a first-rate thriller with a bioterror angle that is as horrific as it is plausible.  Joe Ledger rules."

M. J. ROSE:  "This is high-concept with brains, action with soul and fast paced tension with psychological insight.

Register now for your free download of COUNTDOWN

http://us.macmillan.com/AuthorExtras.aspx?AuthorKey=8138810&m_type=4&m_contentid=10875cmscontent

While raiding a terrorist cell at the start of this exciting thriller from Stoker-winner Maberry (Dead Man's Song), Baltimore PD Det. Joe Ledger shoots two .45 slugs into Javad Mustapha, killing him very dead. Four days later, while trying out for a secret government antiterrorist unit, Joe has to kill Javad all over again. It appears the terrorists have figured out a way to make zombies, and they're about to turn the legions of the undead loose on the world. Terrorist El Mujahid and his brilliant scientist wife, Amirah, who created the zombies, are working with villainous international businessman Sebastian Gault. That Sebastian and Amirah are having wild sex in the lab shows that loyalties within the group of conspirators aren't all they should be. Joe leads a team of elite fighters against the zombies, a job he performs with spectacular skill. Plenty of man-to-zombie combat, a team traitor and a doomsday scenario add up to a fast and furious read. (Mar.)

I'm getting near the end of my signing tour for ZOMBIE CSU.  Along the way I've hit several independent bookstores, and that's always a lot of fun.  Indie stores are different from the chains in a lot of important ways.

First, they really know their customers.  There's more of a conversational back-and-forth between Indie store owners & staff and their regular customers.  Which leads to a second and very important difference –since they know their customers they know what they like.  These stores often have a lot of specialty stuff on their shelves that you won't find anywhere else.

Good example… my second novel, DEAD MAN'S SONG, sold out of its first print run.  All of the major chains (including Amazon) are out of copies, but you can find new, signed copies at some of the indies, including:

DOYLESTOWN BOOKSHOP (Doylestown, PA) http://www.doylestownbookshop.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp

BETWEEN BOOKS (Claymont, DE)  http://www.betweenbooks.com/

CLINTON BOOKSHOP (Clinton, NJ)  http://clinton.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp

These stores support writers and their honor readers.  And as a writer AND a reader, I love 'em.

Check 'em out!   And…support your local independent book store.

-Jonathan
www.jonathanmaberry.com

Come and join us on Sunday, November 26, from noon to 3pm at the Bucks County Coffeehouse in Doylestown PA for a free networking session.  It's a bunch of writers sitting around talking about writing…with coffee. 

No agenda…just chat about the latest trends in the industry, about markets, about pitching and selling, about frustration, about keeping the inner fires alight, about dealing with our families, about how damn tough it is to make it as a writer at the best of times and what writers can do to stay afloat in these troubled economic waters. 

This is stuff that writers can't really talk about with someone who isn't a writer.  Writers get other writers: they're of a species. 

No previous publishing experience necessary…the Writers Coffeehouse attracts everyone from absolute beginner to award-winners and bestsellers.  We're all writers.

So come on out and join us.  This will be a monthly event.  Grab a cup of coffee and head on downstairs to the Conference Room. 

See you Sunday.

For more information, drop me a line at jonathan_maberry@yahoo.com

Bucks County Coffee Company

22 N. Main Street
Doylestown , PA 18901
(215) 345-0795

http://www.buckscountycoffee.com/ourstores/ourstores.html

Gearing up for my ZOMBIE CSU book signing at the Borders in Center City Philly at 12:30 pm on Thursday.  Stop on by!

Borders -Avenue of he Arts
1 S. Broad
Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215.568.7400
Fax: 215.568.7466

-Jonathan Maberry
www.zombiecsu.com

My next novel, PATIENT ZERO, hits stores in March 2009.  Here's a special sneak preview:

http://us.macmillan.com/patientzerobiography