Broadcast TV/YouTube/FB & IG Live Interviews

• Collider Ski Weekend Interview
• LIVE! In The Bay: Meet the author of young adult thriller ‘Ski Weekend’
• We are Weil Presents: A Thrilling Journey From Lawyer to Author
• A Mighty Blaze October YA Panel, featured speaker & book
• Books of Wonder “YA Thrills & Chills” Panel, featured speaker & book
• Diesel Books and Young Literary Library Foundation of Los Angeles Present “Why We Tell Scary Stories” With Rektok Ross and Margaret Stohl;   https://lfla.org/event/rektok-ross/
• Find Your Fairytale with Sorboni Banerjee
• The Wing Woman Show with Morgan Barse, Ep.8 Make Your Side Hustle Legally Legit

Podcast Interviews

• VoiceAmerica: The Relaunch Podcast With Hilary Decesare: Create Your Own Magic: Making the Leap to Award Winning Author
• Counterbalance Conversations with Dr. Melissa L. Strawser, The Evolution of Liani: Attorney to Author
• Press Play and Scream Podcast: “What Are You Waiting For? (I Know What You Did Last Summer movie and show) with YA Author Rektok Ross”
• Louie B. Free’s Podcast, Interview With Rektok Ross/Ski Weekend
• Exploring the Blank Page Podcast, Ep. 23 Holiday Special With Rektok Ross
• Book Friends Forever Podcast, Ep. 129 Legal and Social Media Tips 
• Postcards to the Universe with Melisa Caprio, Protecting our Intellectual Property and Learning Social Media
• The Silver Lined ReLaunch with Hilary DeCesare, Ep. 29 Shifting Identities: How to Relaunch From Set Career to Your Dream
• The Flourish We Grow Together Podcast, Ep. 30 Behind The Scenes of Publishing and Writing

Radio Interviews

• 1600 Kuba
• Life Talk Radio
• KJEFF
• KCMN
• WDIS
• Xtra 99.1 FM
• KRMS LifeQuest Radio
• WMST

Op Eds + Bylines + Guest Posts

• School Library Journal/Teen Librarian Toolbox: This Young Adult Thriller Just Might Save Your Life
• Crime Reads/Lit Hub: 9 YA Survival Thrillers To Get Your Heart Pounding This Fall;  https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-october-26-2021/
• The Strand Magazine: Six Survival Thrillers That Will Make You Question Your Own Life
• Frolic Media: Daveed Diggs in Snowpiercer is Going to be Your Next Obsession
• She Reads: The Most Anticipated Book Adaptations at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
• Medium: Five Slasher Thrillers to Devour This Fall While Waiting for Scream 5
• Women Writers, Women Books: Authors Interviewing Characters
• JaneFriedman.com: Why Waiting too Long to Register Your Copyright is a Big Mistake
• Hasty Booklist: 25 Authors and Their Tips on DIY-ing a Writing Retreat
• Medium: “Scream 5 and the Return to ‘90’s Horror: Re-Examining the Genre for a New Decade”
• Go Spark Point: Finding Pivotal Moments Behind The Book With Rektok Ross Author of Ski Weekend
• SheWrites: 5 Inspirational Quotes from Female Storytellers at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival to Kickstart Your Writing

Awards for Ski Weekend

• Award-Winning Finalist in the Young Adult category of the 2021 American Fiction Awards: Read more
• Bronze Medal Winner, 2021 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards in Young Adult -Thriller: Read more
• 2021 IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist in Fiction: Young Adult/Teen/New Adult: Read more
• 2021 CIBA Dante Rossetti Book Awards First Place Winner: Read more
• 2021 Firebird Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction: Read more
• 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Young New Adult (Fiction, 17 Years and Up): Read more
• 2022 WILLA Literary Awards Finalist in Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction: Read more
• 2022 San Francisco Book Festival Runner-up in Young Adult: Read more
• 2022 Reader Views Literary Awards Bronze Award in Young Adult: Read more
• 2022 Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite in Young Adult Fiction: Read more
• 2022 16th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Teen Fiction: Read more

Media & Praise for Ski Weekend

• Cosmopolitan: “15 Compelling Fall 2021 Books to Add to Your Reading List”
• Entertainment Weekly: “9 authors pick their must-read fall thrillers”
• The Hollywood Reporter: “Hot New Books With Hollywood Appeal”
• Parade: “Best YA Books of 2021”
• The Strand: “Top Mysteries of 2021”
• Yahoo!Life: “You’ll Want to Cozy Up With All These New Books This Fall”
• Brit + Co: “22 Must-Read Books To Cozy Up With This Fall”
• J14: “The Best Young Adult Thriller Novels to Read During the 2021 Spooky Season”
• BookTrib: “13 Must-Reads to Keep You Cozy This Fall”
• Deadline: “Former Pro Hockey Player Miles Koules Launches Koulest Productions, Will Develop ‘Ski Weekend’ Thriller With Oren Koules”
• Bloody Disgusting: ‘Ski Weekend’ – Thriller from ‘Saw’ Producer Traps Teens in the Snowy Mountains
• JoBlo: “Ski Weekend: Saw producer, hockey player Miles Koules team up for survival thriller”
• Women.com: “The Most Anticipated YA Books of Fall”
• BookRiot: “12 YA Books to Get Cozy With This Winter”
• She Reads: Best Young Adult Thrillers of 2021
• SheKnows.com: “16 Books Coming Out This Fall We Can’t Wait to Read”
• Kirkus Review: “Brace for impact readers . . .”
• School Library Journal: “A nail-biter . . .”
• Youth Services Book Review: “Hand this to students who like thrillers and books about survival!”
• Midwest Book Review: “Ross has an “inborn talent for the kind of narrative driven storytelling that makes for a compulsive page turning read from cover to cover . . . “[U]nreservedly recommended for middle school, highschool, and community library YA Fiction collections . . .”
  —Midwest Book Review
• Key Biscayne Magazine: Slopes of Fear “In her breakout novel, breakout debut novel, Ski Weekend, Rektok Ross thrills readers with an electrifying winter tale that will have you wondering if that snow-filled adventure you’ve been planning is worth risking your life!”
• Scallywag & Vagabond: “Best Books to Cozy Up to This Fall”
• Reader’s Favorite, five stars: “The emotional journey of Ski Weekend is relentless. . .”
• Reader Views, five stars: “If you like action, suspense, and the horror real life can sometimes dish out, you can’t go wrong with “Ski Weekend.” Rektok Ross delivers!”
• SheReads.com: “Books for Fans of Goosebumps”
• Hasty Book List: “Books Coming Out In October”
• BookRiot: The Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of 
• What You Should Read Podcast: 13 Days of Kellowe’en Best of Horror 2021
• What You Should Read Podcast “You Should Read: Our September most anticipated new releases!”
• Ms. Career Girl: “Thrilling and Chilling Reads: Year-End Thrillers Perfect for Halloween” as syndicated in The LA Times, NY Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, and The Star-Telegram
• SheReads.com: “Most Anticipated YA Books of Fall 2021″
• Youth Services Book Review: “Hand this to students who like thrillers and books about survival!”
• Getaway House: A Getaway Fall Reading List featuring SKI WEEKEND
• University of Florida Independent Florida Alligator: UF alum Rektok Ross’s mystery YA novel “Ski Weekend” arrives just in time for fall
• Double the Books, issue 48: “The author does a great job of making you care for these characters, keeps you guessing, and gave me lots of chills.”
• She Reads: Best Scary Movie and Horror Book Pairings
• Beyond the Bookends: Fall 2021 Releases to Read Now
• A Mighty Blaze October YA Shout-Out: Featured Book
• Book Club Babble: “If you’re looking to cozy up with a story . . . that will keep you guessing this fall and winter, then give Ski Weekend a try!”
• BooknBrunch: “Rektok Ross delivers an absolute dynamic story packed with goofy teens, heartstopping moments, romantic tension, and one adorable pup in this adrenaline-filled survival story.” 
• The Montecito Journal: “Author Liani Kotcher on Copywriting and Her Latest Novel, Ski Weekend”
• Bliss, Beauty, and Books: “Open Book With Rektok Ross”
• She Reads: Ten Book Challenge: Rektok Ross’s Book-It List
• BookRiot: Quiz: Build A Survival Plan and Get Your Next Survival Thriller Read 
• Film News UK: “Liani Kotcher wants Leigh Janiak to direct adaptation of Ski Weekend”
• LA Times: “The LA Times Festival of Books returns to USC”
• Los Angeles Daily News: Things to do in the LA area
• LA Parent: SKI WEEKEND Book Tour
• Colorado Parent: “Back-to-Ski YA Book Talk with Rektok Ross”
• Lakewood Advocate: Interabang Presents Ski Weekend Launch
• Patch: Freaky Friday–From Legal Career to Writing Without Fear
• Dallas Doing Good: Ski Weekend Tour
• CJC Alumna Authors First Young Adult Survival Thriller Novel
• The Tattered Page: Feature Friday ARC Review: “a suspenseful story, that surprisingly sends you down nostalgia lane—reminding you of what it was like being a teen, and how great YA 80s movies were”
• The Bright Side Girl: Most Anticipated Releases for 2021
• Teen Librarian Toolbox/School Library Journal: “Book Mail: 39 new and forthcoming books for all ages!”
• Between the Shelves: “Ross nailed the suspense aspect of the story. Fans of survival thrillers will find a lot to like in this book.”
• The Strand Magazine: SKI WEEKEND Excerpt
• SheReads.com: Cover Reveal & First Look, Ski Weekend
• Fresh Fiction: Feature and Round Up
• MeredithMara.com “A knockout debut!”
• Rebecca Laura Writes: “[W]ould recommend this book to anyone that enjoys YA Thrillers . . . the perfect wintery read . . .”
• Authors Answer: Feature
• Jean Book Nerd: Q&A and Giveaway
• Deborah Kalb Books: Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb
• Twirling Book Princess: Release Blog Tour and Excerpt
• BookSparks Fall Reading Challenge: Feature
• The Spark: Feature
• Tammy Pasterick Blog: Welcome Winter, featuring Ski Weekend

Praise for Prodigal

• Katie’s Clean Book Collection: Featured Read
• Courtney the Fan Girl BookTalk YouTube: YouTube Review
• Teen Ink: “Prodigal is a stunning debut . . .”
• Redeemed Reader: Christian Romance: Part of a Well-Balanced Book Diet
• AuthorBuzz: Featured Read
• Books a la mode: Exclusive Read
• Kindle Nation Daily: 45/45 Rave Reviews for Prodigal
• Falling Books: “Prodigal Sounds Brilliant . . .”
• Book Hounds: Featured Read
• PR Web: “Prodigal Brings God to Teen Readers . . .”
• To Be a Person: “Prodigal Got Me to Become a YA Fan . . .”
• Feed Your Fiction Addiction: Featured Read
• YA Book Addict: Featured Read
• Shades of Sydnee: Featured Read

Media/Press Kits