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Every love story has a breaking point... From the author of Paperweight comes the star-crossed romance of two high school friends in a tale rife with deeply buried secrets and shocking revelations.BEFORE: Bridge and Wil have been entangled in each other's lives for years. Under the white-hot Florida sun, they went from kids daring each other to swim past the breakers to teenagers stealing kisses between classes. But when Bridge betrayed Wil during their junior year, she shattered his heart and their relationship along with it.AFTER: When Wil's family suffers a violent loss, and Bridge rushes back to Wil's side. As they struggle to heal old wounds and start falling for each other all over again, Bridge and Wil discover just how much has changed in the past year. Though they once knew each other's every secret, they aren't the same people they used to be. Bridge can't imagine life without Wil, but sometimes love isn't enough. Can they find their way back to each other, or will this be the end of their story?
About the Author
Since most bios are beyond boring and slightly narcissistic, I was hoping to find a creative yet humble way to make myself sound more exciting than I actually am. Like a limerick (as in, There once was a girl from Nantucket/Who wrote a bad bio, then chucked it) . Or maybe even a haiku (as in, Desperate writer/pens a terrible bio/really bad idea) .
Here's the problem: I'm not from Nantucket. I'm from Jacksonville, Florida. And I think I was absent on haiku day in English class. So that means you're stuck reading the traditional kind of bio. Sorry.
So, where did we leave off? Right. Jacksonville. I call it home, since I braved seventh through twelfth grades there (I think this is the part where I give a shout out to Episcopal High School) . My family moved a lot when I was young, though, and I've called lots of cities home: Atlanta, Georgia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Alexandria, Virginia; Wayne, Pennsylvania; and last, but not least, Jacksonville. I like to think that home is where your heart and soul, your dog, your laptop, your highest heels, and your most treasured books are.
As an adult, I've lived in lots of cities, too: Chicago, New York City, Washington, D.C., Jacksonville (again) , Athens, Georgia, and Avignon, France. All lovely places. I don't know where I'll end up, but I'll keep you posted.
People often ask if I've always wanted to be a writer. The answer is yes. And no. I've always loved to write, but I haven't always considered it as a career. In second grade, I really wanted to be an astronaut, mostly because I was fascinated with the giant cardboard cutout of astronaut Sally Ride in my classroom, and I really wanted my own giant cardboard cutout. Then I found out that astronauts are brilliant at science and math and have excellent vision. I'm the worst at science and math. Plus, I have vision somewhere in the neighborhood of 20/10,000. Yikes.
I had other career dreams, too: glitzy Broadway star, cultural anthropologist, and for three weeks after the winter Olympics, sassy ice dancer. For one reason or another, those didn't seem to be in the cards. But I have found two jobs that I absolutely love: writer and mental health therapist. I'm fascinated with peoples' life stories, and my work as a writer allows me to create them, while my work as a therapist gives me the privilege of hearing those stories and honoring them. I went to graduate school to become a therapist, and have worked with kids, teenagers, families, and college students.
Right now, though, I'm focusing on writing, and telling Kacey Simon's story in HOW TO ROCK BRACES AND GLASSES. The book released on October 24th, and a Nickelodeon show based on the book, entitled HOW TO ROCK, will air in early 2012.
A few more (hopefully interesting) things about me before I sign off: Yes, I did have braces and glasses in middle school, altho
