I have never kept a journal for more than a couple days. The teacher of that class was so bored by my work he admitted to me he didn’t even read the final drafts of my stories.ġ7. I used to cry after my fiction writing class in college, because the criticism was so harsh.ġ6. My favorite ride of all time is the Haunted Mansion.ġ5. I used to like roller coasters, but now I’m scared of them. My favorite ice cream is Häagen Dazs dolce de leche.ġ3. I have read a lot of books about sideshow history.ġ0. First car: a white 1964 Volvo with a push-button starter.Ĩ. Now I write everything on computer, sometimes with my eyes closed.ħ. I was the fastest typist in my 8th-grade typing class. I have wanted to be a writer since I was eight years old.ģ. Twenty-one things you don’t know about me, even if you’ve read through this whole website:ġ. Whistle and DC Comics inquiries: Clark Bull at DC. Interviews and publicity: Mary McCue at Penguin Random House. School events and speaking engagements: visit the Penguin Random House Speaker's Bureau or email Christine Labov there. Literary Representation: The Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency.įilm & TV Representation: Kassie Evashevski at Anonymous Content. In 2013 I chaired the committee on Young People's Literature for the National Book Awards.ĭoing a school report? Everything you need (and all the info I ever share with the public) is on the Students page. Teachers, there are educational materials on the Teachers page. I have a doctorate in English literature from Columbia University. Genuine Fraud is a Times bestseller and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times book prize. We Were Liars won the Goodreads Choice Award and was Amazon's #1 YA novel of 2014.

How to Be Bad was co-written with Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski.ĭisreputable History was a Printz Award honor book and a finalist for the National Book Award. Other novels: Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero, Again Again, Genuine Fraud, Fly on the Wall, Dramarama, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and the Ruby Oliver quartet: The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys, and Real Live Boyfriends. I am the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Liars and its prequel, Family of Liars.

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