Blue Bloods author, Melissa de la Cruz, has some upcoming events where you can have the chance to meet her. This is listed on her official site, but we wanted to remind you all!

July 01, 2010 (7:00 PM)

Keys to the Repository Event in Cleveland, OH!

Joseph-Beth Bookstore
Legacy Village
25001 Cedar Road
Cleveland, OH 44124
(216) 382-3871

I will be reading from KEYS TO THE REPOSITORY, answering questions and talking Blue Blood vampires. Maybe even sneaking a peek at Misguided Angel and Wolf Pact! 

July 20, 2010 (7:00 PM)

Reading and Signing at the B&N in Glendale with Ally Carter!

The Americana at Brand
210 Americana Way, Glendale, CA 91210

I will be reading and signing KEYS TO THE REPOSITORY and celebrating the paperback release of VAN ALEN LEGACY with Ally Carter, author of the GALLAGHER GIRL books and HEIST SOCIETY!
Come see Ally and me talk, chat and stir up some fun mayhem! 

July 21, 2010 (4:00 PM)

Reading and Signing at Vroman’s with Ally Carter!

Vroman’s Pasadena
Details TK.

Come see me and Ally Carter read and discuss our books! 

September 18, 2010

Smart Chicks Kick It in San Francisco!

I will be joining the Smart Chicks! Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Becca Fitzpatrick & Rachel Vincent to read, sign and kick it! 

September 20, 2010 (6:00 PM)

Smart Chicks Kick It in Pasadena!

I will be joining the Smart Chicks! Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, & Mary Pearson for reading, signing and kicking it!

If you will be attending any of these events, and you happen to take pictures, please let us know by e-mailing admin@thebluebloodssecret.com!

You can check out photos from the event below:

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Melissa tweeted today to remind everyone about her upcoming tour dates! She has some as soon as April 24th at the Los Angeles Book Festival! Also she lists, some other events she has coming up. Plus she mentions that in October she will be touring for Misguided Angel, and the cities for the tour are still being planned out! I can’t wait to find out what cities she’s coming to!

April 24, 2010 (2:00 PM)

Appearance at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Blood, Fangs, and Temptation: Everything Vampire Panelists: Heather Brewer, Rachel Caine, Melissa de la Cruz, Richelle Mead. Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
I will be signing books after the event! Come see me and the fabulous ladies of the vampire! 

To find out more about  Melissa’s tour dates, and where and when she’ll be there, please click here!

Melissa recently went to visit the to Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra. In this article, Mel explains her journey to the New York Times Best-Seller’s list…and how Twilight helped lift up Blue Bloods and the whole vampire genre.

The journey from struggling writer to a spot on the New York Times’ best-seller list wasn’t an easy trek for author Melissa De La Cruz.

Shortly after submitting to her publisher her young adult novel, “Blue Bloods,” a series about vampires, De La Cruz was surprised to find another author had beaten her to it.

“I turned in my book and I went to the book store. And there was another vampire book out, and it was called `Twilight,”‘ she said.

No matter, De La Cruz told a group of more than 400 girls Wednesday during a visit to Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra, the popular “Twilight” series has actually helped her own book sales.

“It lifted the whole genre,” she said.

Each year, the school hosts a different author to speak at the all-girls campus. But it took Esther Leung, 17, a senior at Ramona and a big fan of the “Blue Blood” series, nearly two years to nail down a date when the De La Cruz could visit the school.

“It’s not just about vampires,” Leung said. “The books also have history and lots of drama.”

De La Cruz said she normally doesn’t visit schools “unless it’s part of my book tour.”

“But this place is so close to my heart, because I went to a convent school,” she added.

She attended Convent of the Sacred Heart School in San Francisco. The first installation in her “Blue Bloods” series is set against a private school backdrop.

“In `Blue Bloods,’ it’s a lot about my school experience. I was always fascinated by small private schools and their rituals,” she said.

To read the entire article on the Pasedena Star News, please click here!