Diese Autorin, die einen doppelten Bachelor-Abschluss in Vergleichender Literaturwissenschaft und Spanisch sowie einen Master-Abschluss in Englischer Literatur erworben hat, war schon immer von Worten fasziniert. Ihren MFA-Abschluss in Kreatives Schreiben für junge Erwachsene hat sie erworben, um ihr Handwerk weiter zu verfeinern. Ihre Schriftstellerei schöpft aus vielfältigen Erfahrungen, die von der Bedienung im Luxus-B&B bis zur Pflege von Pflanzen in einem Lavendelgewächshaus reichen. Sie widmet sich nun der Romanliteratur, ihr Debüt trägt den Titel AFTER THE INK DRIES.
Nová škola. Nová nejlepší kamarádka. Nový kluk. A pak se stane, co se stát nikdy nemělo. Erica se probudí po propařené noci v pokoji přítele své nejlepší kamarádky. Nic z předešlého večera si nepamatuje. Je napůl nahá a po celém těle má načmárané vulgární obrázky, vzkazy a taky podpisy pěti spolužáků. Je mezi nimi i jméno jejího kluka Thomase. Co se vlastně stalo a proč tomu nikdo nezabránil?
Courtney Summers meets Deb Caletti in this “all too believable” ( Publishers Weekly ) page-turning suspense story about a teen girl—reeling in the wake of betrayed trust—who learns what it is to face hard truths about yourself and others, and how to find strength when you need it most.Sixteen-year-old Erica Walker is a webcomic artist who wants to fit in at her affluent new high school. Seventeen-year-old Thomas VanBrackel is an aspiring songwriter and reluctant lacrosse goalie who wants out from under his father’s thumb. After their electric first kiss at Saturday’s lacrosse match, Erica and Thomas both want to see where their new relationship could take them.The next morning, however, following a drunken house party, Erica wakes up half-clothed, and discovers words and names drawn in Sharpie in intimate places on her body—names belonging to Thomas’s lacrosse friends, including the boyfriend of Erica’s best friend. Devastated, Erica convinces herself Thomas wasn’t involved in this horrific so-called prank…until she discovers Thomas’s name on her skin, too.Told in alternating viewpoints, Erica seeks to uncover what happened while battling to keep evidence of her humiliation from leaking out, as Thomas grapples with his actions and who he thought he was. Woven throughout, illustrated graphic novel interstitials depict Erica’s alter ego superhero, Erica Strange, whose courage just might help Erica come through to the other side.