It's Official: Aces Wild!

At last I can go public with an exciting piece of news:  there will be a follow-up book to When Life Gives You O.J.!  The deal was reported in today's Publisher's Lunch Weekly Deluxe:  Erica Perl's ACES WILD, the sequel to WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU O.J., to Erin Clarke at Knopf Children's, for publication in June 2012. 

Ace, Zelly, O.J. and I are all wagging our tails excitedly at the prospect of more adventures!  Thank you Erin Clarke, Nancy Hinkel, Carrie Hannigan and everyone at Random House/Knopf Books for Young Readers!!!

Booklist loves O.J!

More kvelling!  This time over Booklist's lovely review of When Life Gives You O.J., in which they said, "The fact that (Zelly) has as much to teach Ace as he has to teach her is just one satisfying element of this funny, often wise novel, which touches on issues of anti-Semitism and middle-school malice and includes a glossary of Yiddish words used throughout the text. In the end, Zelly’s triumph isn’t the dog she (spoiler alert!) eventually gains, but the steps she takes to reach him."

Today is the final day of my giveaway of FIVE signed copies of When Life Gives You O.J.  So if you are interested, send me an email at erica at ericaperl dot com to enter.

Glitterlimes... make that oranges!

I recently discovered Debbie Tuch and her jewelry business, Glitterlimes. Debbie makes beautiful, iconic necklaces, pins, rings and more by dipping real fruit and candies in resin, then blinging them out with glitter.

But the item I knew I needed to have was this:

Yes, that's me and my agent, Carrie Hannigan, sporting our gorgeous glitter oranges in honor of When Life Gives You O.J.  Haven't decided if I'll wear it tomorrow at BEA, but if I do and you see me, please stop me and say hello!

Need your own slice of (orange, lime, blood orange, etc.) heaven?  Email debbie at glitterlimes dot com or visit her very yummy website.

O.J. Book Trailer and Giveaway

I'm soooo excited to share my new book trailer for When Life Gives You O.J. It stars several of my favorite dogs (including Georgie, Louie, Rhubarb and Jo Jo) as well as my favorite "practice dog" - O.J.  It also stars my pal Olivia V. (well, her legs, anyway).  Drink up, folks!  O.J. isn't just for breakfast any more!

I am also giving away five signed copies of the book!  If you'd like to be included in the drawing, send me an email (erica at ericaperl dot com) by 11:59 p.m. on May 31, 2011.

If you don't win, never fear... it can be preordered now and it comes out June 14!

Almost Time for O.J.

Today, I'm in NY for BEA, but last night my family and I went over to our friends and neighbors' house for dinner and I brought along my almost-out copy of When Life Gives You O.J. along.  Ten-year-old Meredith took one look and, well, you'll see: