We Can(ada) Read: Guest Post from Laurie Elizabeth Flynn!
Jamie @ Books and Ladders
05 September
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Laurie Elizabeth Flynn writes contemporary fiction for young adults. Her debut, Firsts, is out now with Thomas Dunne Books/St Martin’s Press.
Laurie went to school for Journalism, where the most important thing she learned was that she would rather write made-up stories than report the news. She also worked as a model, a job that took her overseas to Tokyo, Athens, and Paris.
Laurie now lives in London, Ontario with her husband Steve, who is very understanding when she would rather spend time with the people in her head. Laurie can mostly be found writing happily at her desk, with the world’s most spoiled Chihuahua on her lap. Laurie drinks way too much coffee, snorts when she laughs, and times herself when she does crossword puzzles.
Laurie is represented by the amazing Kathleen Rushall of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Connect with the Author:
In my debut novel, Firsts, Mercedes can’t wait to get out of her Southern California suburb. She desperately wants to attend MIT and start the next chapter in her life. But her desire to move away isn’t just about embarking on the college experience. She also wants to escape—her frivolous, shallow mother, the traumatic events in her past, and the mess she’s making in her present. In the second chapter, she says, “I can’t wait to get out, and this particular morning marks the start of my last six months here.”
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