If you’re an IM freak (don’t be ashamed!), read ttyl and ttfn. If you want dark and troubled, try Rhymes with Witches. There! Did it! And they’re all lovely, and you should read them all.

Okey-doke! +takes deep breath and recites in order+ Kissing Kate, Eleven, ttyl, Rhymes with Witches, The Fashion Disaster that Changed My Life, ttfn. Give yourself some credit, girl! Or boy!įor those new to your work, could you briefly summarize your back list, highlighting as you see fit? And smarter and funnier and cooler all around. In terms of school, I was an underachiever, although I did enough to float by.Īnd finally, I have come to realize in my dotage that as a teenager, I was cuter than I realized at the time, which I say because if you’re a teenager and by chance you’re reading this, you are also cuter than you realize. Bookish, but only when it came to stuff I picked out to read on my own. For me, this was one of those “it’s just part of my constitution” things. I love teenagers I love books for teenagers I love my whole teenage psyche, which is quite alive and well, thanks very much. +sighs and looks back nostalgically at young self+ Ah, what a long road it’s been. I started writing for real (and by “for real,” I mean with the intent of actually reaching the end of a honest-to-God book) when I was twenty-three. It was definitely when I was in the first grade, though.)Īnyway, I started writing my own stuff around that same time, and I have journals on top of journals of my stories and blatherings and lists of unachieved New Year’s resolutions. (Just kidding! It might have been October 16th. I’ve loved books since the day I first learned to read, which for the record was October 15th of my first grade year. What about the writing life first called to you? Were you quick to answer or did time pass by? Lauren holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College, and her work has been described by teens as “awesome,” “the best ever,” and “sooo funny.” She was perhaps most pleased, however, by the reader who said of her work, “I can’t believe it was written by a (cough, cough) grown-up.” Both ttyl and its sequel, ttfn (Amulet, 2006), are New York Times Best-Sellers, and readers eagerly await the third instant messaging book, l8r, g8r, which is due out in March 07. Her breakout success came with the publication of ttyl (Abrams, 2004), the first-ever novel written entirely in instant messages. Lauren Myracle is the author of six novels for tweens and teens with many more in the works.

Ttyl by lauren myracle