About the Author2Author Misses

Lisa Schroeder (Miss Crafting a Career), a native Oregonian, received her bachelor's degree from Oregon State University. Her debut YA novel with Simon Pulse, I Heart You, You Haunt Me, is a novel in verse that gives new meaning to the words "undying love." In 2009, she published another YA called FAR FROM YOU, and in 2010 she has two novels coming out, her first mid-grade novel called IT'S RAINING CUPCAKES and a companion novel to I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME titled CHASING BROOKLYN. You can visit her at www.lisaschroederbooks.com.


Kristina Springer (Miss Delighted to Debut) lives in a western suburb of Chicago, IL and has been writing for over ten years—but mostly nonfiction articles and technical writing. She discovered her love for fiction a couple of years ago when she wrote her first young adult book and has since written five more. Her first book, THE ESPRESSOLOGIST, will be released on October 27, 2009 from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Her middle grade book, MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS, will be released in the fall of 2010. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Education (with a teaching certificate for grades 6-12) from Illinois State University and a Masters in Writing from DePaul University. During the day, she is being thoroughly worked out and entertained by her four small children and in the evening you can find her at her favorite coffee shop working on her books. Her favorite things in life: her super smart/artsy engineer husband, her precious kiddos, lots and lots of iced mochas, writing (of course!), reading loads of young adult books (and listening to audiobooks in the car), traveling, and watching cheesy lifetime movies, teen dramas, and reality tv (with The Hills and Big Brother being her fav). She LOVES to chat so visit her at her Web site, http://www.kristinaspringer.com/ or follow her on Twitter, @TinaSpringer, or Facebook, www.facebook.com/KristinaSpringer

Deena Lipomi (Miss Subbing for Pubbing) writes both middle grade and young adult novels that run the gamut from historical paranormals to contemporary realistic books. When not working her day job as a young adult librarian or writing her novels, Deena can be found in step aerobics class, eating dark chocolate, traveling (especially to foreign and tropical places), and reading like crazy (anything she can get her hands on). She lives in Western NY with her man of eight years and looks forward to getting the call from her agent that her book has sold!

Emily Marshall (Miss Querlylicious) has wanted to write books for as long as she could remember. She just always thought she'd write non-fiction. When she realized she wasn't a celebrity, didn't have a platform, and wasn't particularly knowledgeable on any subject, she decided writing chick-lit for teens might be easy. Sadly, she was mistaken. Now she enjoys writing it so much, however, that she can't stop, and until she develops extensive knowledge on any one subject, she's going to continue. Emily is currently writing her third novel and looking for agents for her second novel: Don't Ask Ally. She lives in Michigan with her scientist/guitar-playing husband and loves teen movies, watching way too much TV, traveling, and playing board games. She also loves online mail and friends, so feel free to visit her at http://www.emilymarshall.com/.

Kate Fall (Miss Perfecting the Pages) started writing fiction in seventh grade, when her teacher read her funny story to the class and everyone laughed at the right parts. She got serious about writing MG and YA three years ago. She has a "bottom of the drawer" novel and two more in progress. She lives in Western NY with her husband, daughter, and son. When she's not reading or writing, she's scrounging songs for her iPod and breaking up fights between her kids for calling each other Slytherins.