I’m happy to be a contributor to Dear Teen Me along with 70+ other authors who wrote letters to our teenage selves. Some of us provided diary entries, others submitted letters, and
a few graphic novelists turned their stories into visual art. The anthology, edited by Miranda Kenneally and E. Kristin Anderson, was inspired by their blog and releases October 31, 2012 from Zest Books. Check out the participating authors:
1. E. Kristin Anderson—Want.
Take. Have
2. Jessica LeeAnderson—Contents Under Pressure
3. Tom Angleberger—Shhhhhh!
4. Sean Beaudoin—Frame Me
and Nail Me to the Wall
5. CharlesBenoit—Reinventing Me
6. Robin Benway—9 Things You
Need to Know
7. Ilsa J. Bick—The Knife
8. Marke Bieschke—Dance
Dance Revolution
9. Joseph Bruchac—First Kiss
. . .ish
10. Jessica Burkhart—Trust
Is as Important as Love
11. Josh A. Cagan—Thank You,
Oily Pizza
12. Riley Carney—Nothing’s
Impossible
13. Tera Lynn Childs—The
Future Isn’t Everything
14. Jessica Corra—The
Principal’s Office
15. Heather Davis—Raising Me
16. Daniel Ehrenhaft—Getting
Stood Up
17. Laura Ellen—Losing Your Sight Shouldn’t
Mean Losing Your Rights
18. Beth Fantaskey—I Hope
You Dance—to the Theme from Bonanza
19. Caridad Ferrer—Jekyll
& Hyde
20. Michael Griffo—Be Honest
with Yourself
21. Janet Gurtler—The Skinny
Girl
22. Kersten Hamilton—It’s
About to Get Worse
23. Bethany Hegedus—Going
All the Way
24. Geoff Herbach—You Are
the Electric Boogaloo
25. Faith Erin Hicks—No
Calls from Spielberg Yet
26. Nancy Holder—When Dance
Was Your World
27. K. A. Holt—Lois Lowry
and the Space-Time Continuum vs. Boys
28. P. J. Hoover—Seeping
Through the Cracks
29. Ellen Hopkins—Finding
Your Voice
30. Stacey Jay—Who Needs
Luck?
31. Carrie Jones—Seizures
32. Mike Jung—Regarding Your
Commendable Decision to Live
33. Stasia WardKehoe—Getting Past the Fear
34. Tara Kelly—Bad Girl
35. Miranda Kenneally—Pick
Up the Phone and Call Him Back. Right. Now.
36. Stephanie Kuehnert—He
Broke More Than Your Heart
37. Mary Lindsey—Hope Until
the Last Second
38. Nikki Loftin—The
Ramifications of Mouthing Off to Cute Boys
39. Katherine Longshore—The
Best Days of Our Lives? Really?
40. Ken Lowery—Winging It
41. Kekla Magoon—The
Balancing Act
42. Mari Mancusi—What the
Bully Stole
43. Gretchen McNeil—All the
World’s a Stage
44. Jodi Meadows—The Pursuit
of (Moments of) Happiness
45. Saundra Mitchell—This Is
Not Your Story
46. Hannah Moskowitz—Get
Better
47. Jenny Moss—What I Really
Want
48. Sarah Ockler—Dancing with
the Dead
49. Lauren Oliver and
Elizabeth Miles—Best Friends Forever (for Real)
50. Stephanie Pellegrin—Just
Be Yourself
51. Mitali Perkins—First
Kiss
52. Cheryl Rainfield—Keep
Hold of Your Strength
53. Dave Roman—Special
Delivery from Your Excellent Future
54. Jess Rothenberg—Stop
Obsessing, Kiss That Guy, and Party Like It’s 1999
55. Jennifer Rush—All Roads
Lead Somewhere
56. Amy Kathleen Ryan—Smile!
57. Tom Ryan—Sing It Out
58. Leila Sales—I’m Not
Going to Give You Any Good Advice
59. Cynthia Leitich Smith—
Friends in Dark Places
60. JessicaSpotswood—Finding Him
61. Erika Stalder—Boys,
Boys, Boys…
62. Rhonda Stapleton—Chunky
63. Mariko Tamaki—Keeping
Quiet
64. Don Tate—Stolen Jeans,
Smoke Rings, and Self-Esteem
65. Melissa Walker—You’re So
Right But So Wrong
66. Tracy White—100% True,
Guaranteed
67. Jo Whittemore—All Kinds
of Sexy
68. Sara Zarr—What Is a
Friend?
69. Jennifer Ziegler—Facing
Facts: Makeovers Don’t Change a Thing