Illinois Authors

Berkley Jam, New York : 2007.

When beautiful, popular, and seemingly-perfect high school senior Aspen Brooks loses out to her rival for homecoming queen, it is only the beginning of a series of strange events including thefts, kidnappings, and Aspen falling for the unfashionable but endearing Rand Bachrach.

Berkley Trade New York : 2009

Revenge of the Homecoming Queen’s Aspen Brooks just wants a little R & R on spring break. Rand and rays, that is. Spring break was supposed to be nothing but fun in the sun with my perfect boyfriend, but between my missing luggage and a raging case of food poisoning, not so much. Don’t even get me started on the drama brewing between our annoying travel companions, Angel and Lucas. Then a beauty contestant goes missing, so my brilliant sleuthing skills are needed. Being a contestant in a beauty pageant doesn’t seem like a huge sacrifice, but then I realize that one of my fellow Miss Teen Queen contestants may be out to get me. I have to figure out what happened to the former Miss Illinois before I disappear, too. If I just happen to win the crown in the process I guess that’s just a well-deserved perk, right? Read all three books in the Aspen Brooks Trilogy! Revenge of the Homecoming Queen, Book #1 Twisted Sisters, Book #2 Spring Breakup, Book #3

Flux Woodbury, Minn. : 2010

Some teenagers use drugs or sex to escape overbearing parents. I used books. All my life my mother has been hovering over me, afraid to let me experience ANYTHING. So I got really good grades, graduated from high school when I was sixteen, and escaped to a new life—my own life—at college. To jump-start my social life, I decided to rush the Alphas, the most exclusive sorority on campus. Things started to get complicated when I told one little white lie. (Okay, maybe not so little.) Then one of the sisters invoked the Alpha Bet, a super-secret set of alphabetical tasks we pledges have to complete to prove our loyalty. Now, the Alpha Bet has taken over my life. Can you spell B-E-T-R-A-Y-A-L?

Berkley Jam, New York : 2008.

Fashion-conscious college freshman Aspen pledges a sorority in order to investigate the disappearance of Harry's niece Mitzi from Zeta house, and meanwhile, as her boyfriend Rand is kept busy by his new fraternity, his roommate Koop becomes obsessed with Aspen.