Darynda Jones has a secret. On paper, her alter ego Charley Davidson is snarky, sex-mad, able to kick paranormal foes 
in their paranormal behinds. In real life, Darynda is probably one of the sweetest people you’ve ever met. She has a humble, self-deprecating humor, she’ll tell you all her writing secrets as if they don’t amount to much, and she’s more likely to talk about her kids than her books.
Is it no wonder I love this gal?
You’ll love her even more because Darynda is giving one reader who leaves a comment below, here or at KissAndThrill.com, an ARC — yes that’s right — an ADVANCE READER’s COPY of her book number 8!
Eighth Grave After Dark isn’t out until May, and though you might have to wait a bit to get the ARC, you’ll be in the know with reviewers across the country who get the book months in advance! So leave us your best bit of snark, or tell us why you love Darynda, or why you want to read her book, and we’ll let you know who won next week.
Here are some things you might not know about her:
*Awards: Darynda has won 11 awards, including the Daphne du Maurier, the RITA, the Bookie Award (three times!), 2 HOLT Medallions, the Golden Heart, the GOTCHA, The PASIC, and the Rebeca (LERA).
*Genre: Darynda has written in a ton of genres, even though they’re not all published, including historical!
*Education: She’s a Summa cum Laude graduate and has a BA in Sign Language Interpreting.
*Eighth Grave After Dark will be out on May 19th and Darynda will also be in an anthology, Dark Screams, Volume 3 which will be out on May 12th. Steven King was in Volume 1 and there will be a collector’s edition available, too, with all 25 authors signatures. Our gal is now in the same league as Steven King — but we all knew that already, right?
I sat down with Darynda to discuss her Grim Reaper Charley Davidson series that launched with the mega-best seller First Grave on the Right. She also speaks about how she writes humor and bubbles snark on the page and gives up secrets about her newest series.
Enjoy!
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Darynda’s latest books are Sixth Grave on the Edge, and Seventh Grave and No Body, I know you’ll love them!
Don’t forget to leave your comment below or at KissAndThrill.com to be eligible for the drawing for an Advance Reader’s Copy of Eighth Grave After Dark! A comment left on both websites will be counted twice, and if you follow either blog, you qualify for up to two more entries! So commenting in both places and following both blogs gives you four chances to win. (If you already follow, you’re already entered one time.)
( UPDATE: The contest is now closed)
I love Darynda Jones and Charley! I would love to get a arc of 8th grave, I would cherish it always!
Fingers crossed on winning one of her books. This is my go to for recommendations
Me encantan los libros he leido las 7 de ellos y estoy ansiosa de leer el 8
creo que es una escritira increible
con mucho talento.
Le deseo mucho mas exito en peoyectos futuros y espero que realize mas libros
bendiciones !!!!!
Fantastic Interview! I love the Charlie Davidson Series and especially Charlie’s “snarkiness” – the number stickers & sayings are awesome and of course there is always REYES! YUMMM! Darynda Jones is amazing!
My apologies, that was suppose to say bumper stickers not number stickers. That’s what happens when I’m excited about a subject and typing too fast.
Darynda Jones’ “Grave” Series ROCKS! 💀
I live reading about Charley, the books are so so addictive and incredible!! Darynda Jones is so good at making Charley timeless character!
I Follow on twitter & subscribe to Diana Belchase ! I would love to read this book. I have read two so far , the 1st & 5Th! Follow Darynda on FB too!
This is my Favorite series ever! I have them all! I loved the interview, Darynda is always the best!
We all wish we could say those snarky comments that come to us after the moment has passed! One of my favourite retorts when someone asks why I have so many books is, “Well the bookcases would look pretty silly if they were just empty, now, wouldn’t they?” 😉
Great interview!
I absolutely love Darynda! Charley’s series is one of my favorites that I re-read a lot. I cannot wait for 8th! What fun, someday I hope to meet Darynda although I’ll probably be tongue tied and just stare. Thank you!
Desperately want to win it, pls and thank you
I LOVE these book and I’m always so excited when a new one comes out! Darynda Jones is a great author. Definitely end up with reading hangovers when the new ones come out.
Great interview… I love her and this series! Charlie is just a kick but kinda gal u want to know more about n either b or b best friends with!
Hello! Please, may I have a copy of the arc for Eighth Grave?
Thank you,
Brit
P.s.
Thank you Darynda for writing and bring us Charlie. 😉
just three simple words to explain charlie and her character “assets”: danger Will Robinson!
looking forward to the next installment <3
I love this series, never fails to make me laugh out loud
I’m so impatient to read this one, I love the series so thank you for the chance!
OMG, I would love an ARC! I adore the Grave series, read the first 7 books just last year, so I’m caught up with everyone else! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I LOVE this series! Eagerly awaiting book 8!
I absolutely love her books! Including her Y.A. series that i bought for my girls.
I love the Charley Davidson series. Darynda is a fantastic writer with such fantastically written books, the kind that you can lose yourself in, with a guilty wish that your husband was actually Reyes Farrow (chocolate covered heroin and I was addicted through and through), the humour, intreague and cliff hangers are the best I have ever read. I am really excited and looking forward to reading book 8 and I love Darynda’s writing so much that I am also trying to get hold of copies of the Darklight series, but they are not available in the UK 🙁
Darynda is totally amazing! She creates a world that is more real than real. the Spiritual and the fantasy interwoven so much but with a romantic spice to it and basically it makes me tingle all over just to think i am going to read one more of her books. a real literary treasure 🙂 thank you for the interview and thank you for the funny unique world of Charley that helps me to see magic even after i finish reading her book.
Whenever I need a good laugh and a break from reality I turn to Darynda and Charlie, she’s the best! 🙂
Darynda has one of the best series I have read out there and she is very personable. Very nice lady.
Why I love darynda? Cos she creates the awesome world where Charley lives. I wanna read the 8th book cos….duh….more Charley awesomeness and Reyes sexiness!
I would love to read this early!
Darynda Jones is an auto-buy author for me. Love, love, love her work! And the lady herself is sweet, generous, and all around awesome! Not to mention pee in your pants funny 😉 Adore her!
Love all of Darynda’s books!!
Lovin’ it!!! I would kill to read eight early but at the same time I’mma be totes sad as everytime I finish her books I feel like I’ve lost a friend and I’m so mega jealous of Charley getting that hunk of burning love Reyes.
Luv…luv this series…..thanks for the chance…
I love Darynda’s books and have listened and read all of them. She is a phenomenal author. I ran across this saying the other day and it made me think of Charlie, in fact it may have been posted to the grimlets FB page, “My train of thought derailed… There were no survivors.” Thanks, Diana, for the interview with Darynda and for the ability to win the ARC of 8th Grave.
Loved the interview! Darynda is one of the best authors out at the moment and I love all of her works. Charley is always one of my go to series and one of the series I tell everyone that they need to read.
OMG! I love all your books so much i don’t mind not winning an arc as long as i get to read them anyway. Thank you so much for the book-gasms!! FYI I loves your UK covers, i have them all. wink* wink*
I love Darynda’s work. She is a written word genius! <3 Thanks for posting this interview and offering the chance at an ARC.
I absolutely adore the Grave series !! Great interview and i cant wait for 8th !!
I AM Charley, minus the reaper part of course…. Love this series and read each new installment in its entirety on the release date. Not having to wait for 8th Grave would be heavenly.
Love all if your books
I love this series! I can’t wait for book 8! How many books will be in this series? I’m always afraid that each book will be the last one.
I really love Charley Davidson and her adventures (and Reyes, of course) <3. And I think Darynda is amazing as a writer and as a person. Thanks for all!! I can't wait to read Eighth grave!
This is a fantastic series, I can’t wait for the next book, whenever a new one is released I read the whole lot again, some very late nights when I think “just one more chapter!”
I love this series so much, and I’m absolutely hanging for the eighth book. Please take pity on me as I’m in Australia and the book won’t be out here until much later than May.
I’m still not tired of these characters. You would think 8 books in and you wouldn’t have so much to write about but I stalk the internet waiting for the release of the future charley Davidson books. She is a phenomenal writer and I highly recommend her series and other literary pieces to anyone who loves great believable characters and great writing
Love, love, love this series!!! Anxiously awaiting for Eighth Grave After Dark to come out!
I have all of the books in the series and would love to get an ARC because honestly…I can’t wait to see what Charlie is up to next!!! : ) Love the series!!
Can’t wait to read the new book. You are amazing Darynda
Love her books! Cant wait for the next one!
Love Charley Davidson. Would really enjoy the ARC of the eighth book, but will still buy a copy when it is released.
Awesome!
I read these book d Rom.first to last every time a new one is going to come out. I love this series sooooo freaking much.
Love ur charlie Davidson series! Ur such a talented writer! Thanks for entertaining me!