About

Abby McDonald grew up in Sussex, England and studied Politics, Philosophy & Economics at Oxford University. She began writing at college, and graduated to work as a music journalist and entertainment critic; drawing on her loves of pop culture, film and feminism, and interviewing acts as diverse as LeAnn Rimes, The Kings of Leon, and Marilyn Manson. She is now a full-time novelist and screen-writer.

Her debut book for teens, ‘Sophomore Switch’, was published in 2009. It was a Kirkus starred review, ALAN pick, and has been translated into German, Dutch, and Polish. A second teen title, ‘Boys, Bears & a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots’, will be published by Candlewick Press in April 2010

Abby also writes for adults. ‘The Popularity Rules’ was published in the UK by Arrow Books in 2009; it was a Glamour Magazine ’must-read’ pick, and received 4-star reviews from Heat, Scarlet and Closer magazines. Her next adult title, ‘The Liberation of Alice Love’, will be published in July 2010.

After spells in Massachusetts and Montreal, Abby is currently living in London, England. She drinks jasmine tea, eats too many cakes, and is longing for a kitten. She is twenty-four years old.