Day 6, Item 12: Signed copy of LIKE MANDARIN and a Query/Partial Critique

From YA author Kirsten Hubbard:

Win a signed copy of Like Mandarin, swag from various authors, and a query + first three pages critique.

Note: Open to U.S. and Canadian bidders only. 

A travel writer and young adult author, Kirsten Hubbard has hiked ancient ruins in Cambodia, dived with wild dolphins in Belize (one totally looked her in the eye), slept in a Slovenian jail cell, and navigated the Wyoming badlands (without a compass) in search of transcendent backdrops for her novels. She graduated from UCSD with a B.A. in Writing. When she’s not off wandering, she lives in San Diego, California. Her debut YA novel, Like Mandarin, will be published by Delacorte Press/Random House on March 8th, 2011. Her second novel, Wanderlove, will be published in spring 2012.Learn more about Kirsten on her blog and on Twitter. 

This item will close on Wednesday, September 21. Highest bid timestamped 10PM (EST) or earlier wins.