Very. Good. Book. GIRL by Blake Nelson.  The sequel. So far, also very good goddamn book. DREAM SCHOOL by Blake Nelson. PS Sorry for not posting in so long. I actually lost my WordPress password and couldn’t remember what it was. And I am the kind of person who goes ‘ah, to hell with it, [...]

I. Love. This. Cover. What do you think? LOVE AND CHAOS is the second in the BROOKLYN GIRLS series. This one is Angie’s story, and it’s out January 2014. It’s probably my favorite of all the books I’ve ever written (out of, um, four, so that’s not saying that much), which of course either means [...]

So after a few weeks of noticing it in bookstores and then dismissing it, I finally picked up BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walters, read the jacket copy, realized it sounded excellent, purchased it, started reading it, and discovered that lo and behold, it IS excellent, and everyone else should read it too. It is funny [...]

So this is pretty exciting. A piece in the New York Times on Saturday about BROOKLYN GIRLS. Post-Collegiate Exploits In Brooklyn By BLAKE WILSON Those who find themselves attracted to the Brooklyn bohemia of Lena Dunham’s “Girls” but who can’t understand why its gritty depictions of post-collegiate reality have to be quite so gritty might want [...]

I’ve been collecting stories about women’s lives when they turn 22 – to show that no matter where you are, or what you’re doing, it’s always the first year of your adult life. (Oh, and also to celebrate the long-awaited launch of my new book series BROOKLYN GIRLS, which is about five friends surviving their [...]

To celebrate the launch of BROOKLYN GIRLS, some of the loveliest authors I know very kindly agreed to write about what life was like for them at 22…

To kickstart my Life Begins At 22 thingy, here are my answers to the questions I’ll soon be asking you… 1. What were you doing at 22? Living situation, work/study situation? I had just moved to London. My very first job was a temp job writing website copy at Schroders, a bank in the City, [...]

It’s on Amazon.co.uk, which means it’s official. The UK cover for BROOKLYN GIRLS is here! I KNOW. ISN’T IT AMAZING. I CAN’T EVEN USE EXCLAMATION MARKS AND QUESTION MARKS. I AM JUST SHOUTING. I am so in love with this cover. The lovely and talented people at Quercus have been perfecting it for ages, and [...]