Author Diane Duane's bank account cleaned out by ATM skimmers, buy her ebooks at 20% off to help her out!

Much-loved fantasy and science fiction author Diane Duane has had a lot of bad luck lately, but this takes the cake: her ATM card was skimmed and the joint account she and her husband share has been zeroed out, and she has no money left at all to cover daily bills while her bank tries to sort out the mess and restore her balance, which could take a long time. She's asking her fans to buy her ebooks to help her through this brutal patch, and offering a 20 percent discount to sweeten the deal:

W. T. F. My bank card has been skimmed.

It's toast now (thrown in the fire a few minutes ago, a new one ordered over the phone). But so much for the bills that needed to be paid this week. 2012 had better start getting its act together, as this is not an auspicious beginning.

The bank will cover this expense when its fraud department has digested all the details. But meanwhile, the household is skint. So: if you feel inclined to spit in the eye of the nameless rogue(s) who've briefly ruined the domestic tranquility around here, I invite you you to go over to the Ebooks Direct store and buy something using the discount code DDGOTSKIMMED, which will give you 20% off whatever you buy.

Whoopee, our bank account has been cleaned out…*

(via Scalzi!)