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Alexa Young
Alexa Young was born and raised about 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles in a town called Riverside which she often refers to as the armpit of California, largely because the place is a smog belt (a technical term for being majorly polluted). The area is also well known for crime and gangs (and it's the city from where gold-digger Julie Cooper, of the awesome TV show The O.C., originally came!).
When it was time to go to college, Alexa headed down to La Jolla (where FRENEMIES is based) and earned a bachelor's degree in Literature/Writing from U.C. San Diego. Unsure of what kind of job she could possibly get after graduation (nobody really gets paid to write, do they?), she moved to Hollywood and spent several years working in the music business, first in various gigs at the legendary Capitol Records, then as an assistant (and eventually an editor) for the trade magazine HITS. That's where Alexa realized she could use her college degree after all. She eventually became an editor for the teen magazine JUMP, where she got to interview a just-starting-out Jessica Simpson, as well as Gwen Stefani/No Doubt. JUMP was pretty much the greatest magazine ever, but sadly it wasn't around for long. When it ceased to exist, Alexa became an editor for the fitness magazine Shape. After a few years, she decided to go freelance so she could focus on writing full-time. She's contributed to O: The Oprah Magazine, Family Circle, Woman's Day, Women's Health and many, many other national publications.
Truth told, Alexa never really thought she could write fiction (several brief attempts were far from successful) but one happy day, an editor friend contacted her and they began discussing the concept of two fashion-obsessed BFFs who become worst enemies. Something clicked. Alexa was seriously inspired. Within a few hours, she had written the first chapter of FRENEMIES (some of which even wound up in the final draft), and she just kept going...and going...and going. Alexa still writes for magazines occasionally, but most of her time is devoted to exploring the lives of Halley Brandon and Avalon Greene (yes, there will be four books in the FRENEMIES series...and even more if you want them). When she's not writing, Alexa can be found hanging with her near-perfect husband Joel, mostly perfect son Jack, and hilariously imperfect Jack Russell/Chihuahua Sydney.
Available Books by Alexa Young
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Frenemies: when besties become worsties
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781741664126
RRP: $17.95
Best friends Avalon Greene and Halley Brandon have big plans for eighth grade. Not only are they coediting their school's fashion blog, but the celebration of their forever friendship is sure to be the blowout party of the year. But when the girls begin to disagreee about . . . well, everything, these two besties turn into full-blown worsties....
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Faketastic
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780061175701
When Avalon's cheerleader friends decide that Halley is not cool, forcing her to choose between her old and new friends, and Avalon flirts with Wade, the boy that Halley likes, things look bad again between the reunited friends....
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Faketastic
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780062118363
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Faketastic
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781741664133
For Avalon, keeping up with trends has never been a problem - until her fellow cheerleaders decide that her BFF Halley is definitely out this season. Now Avalon must choose between the frenemy who embarrassed her in front of everyone and the new friends who stood by her.
Halley, on the other hand, thinks she's got it all: her forever-friend Avalon, her new bestie Sofee, and the hottest fall w...
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Frenemies
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780062118349
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Glamnesia
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780061175725
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