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Katie Alender (rhymes with “calendar”!) grew up in South Florida, which probably explains the recurring alligator dreams (one of which is documented in Bad Girls Don’t Die). She is the third of four children (three girls and a boy) and the child of three very loving and encouraging parents.

She attended high school at the Palm Beach County School of the Arts, studying Communication Arts. From there, she went on to the Florida State University Film School, which led her to her current hometown, a tiny hamlet on the West Coast known as “Los Angeles.”

She enjoys writing, reading, sewing (especially quilts), trying to grow plants, birdwatching in the backyard, photography, visiting friends’ blogs, and hanging out with her husband (known on the bl...more


Average rating: 4.12 · 10,491 ratings · 1,551 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
Bad Girls Don't Die (Bad Gi...
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 7,341 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
From Bad to Cursed (Bad Gir...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 2,041 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
As Dead As It Gets (Bad Gir...
4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 1,068 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Marie Antoinette, Serial Ki...
4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions

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Bad Girls Don't Die From Bad to Cursed As Dead As It Gets
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“ That's the pathetic thing about high school. Everyone tries so hard to be something they aren't. It's gotten so I don't know who I am, so how can I even try to be who I am, much less who I'm not?
My problem is that I don't even fit in with the misfits.
I don't fit anywhere.”
Katie Alender, Bad Girls Don't Die

“Just say something real. Everyone just always tries so hard, and it all comes out the same. I just want someone to say something real.”
Katie Alender, Bad Girls Don't Die

“Oh." He sat in confused silence for a few seconds. "Can I ask you a very serious question?"
"I rather you didn't," I said.
He stared straight into my eyes. "If you were an animal, what animal would you be?"
WAIT, WHAT? "Wait, what?"
"It's a classic icebreaker."
"If I were an ANIMAL...?"
He faked a sigh and checked an imaginary watch. "Your inability to answer the question doesn't bode well for-"
"I refuse to answer that," I said. "On the grounds that it's probably the stupidest thing I've ever been asked."
He stared at me, frowning. "I hear your subconscious saying MONKEY.”
Katie Alender, Bad Girls Don't Die

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“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
George Eliot

“Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.”
George Eliot

“Mrs Draper took this as an order for her departure, and crept silently out of the room, closing the door behind her with the long protracted elaborate click which is always produced by an attempt at silence on such occasions.”
Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicle of Barset

“You shall be my pet, and my poppet, and my dearest little duck all the days of your life.”
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message 8: by Katie

Katie Alender 7703megan wrote: "OMG! Thanks so much for excepting my friend request!!!!!:D i LOVE the Bad Girls Don't Die Series!;)"
You're welcome, Megan!


7703megan OMG! Thanks so much for excepting my friend request!!!!!:D i LOVE the Bad Girls Don't Die Series!;)


Lucinda Dear Katie,
I would like to thank you for being my friend here on GoodReads, and i do hope to have the opotunity of reading your work at some point.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x


message 5: by Katie

Katie Alender Terra wrote: "I am currently reading As Dead as it Gets and this part just made me laugh out loud: "I wonder if popping out of sight is the ghostly equivalent of peeing your pants." Just awesome!"
Thanks, Terra! :-)


message 4: by Terra (last edited Aug 08, 2012 10:41am)

Terra I am currently reading As Dead as it Gets and this part just made me laugh out loud: "I wonder if popping out of sight is the ghostly equivalent of peeing your pants." Just awesome!


message 3: by Terra

Terra I am so stoked for BGDD #3!!!! WOOO HOO!


Sangria Thanks for your friendship, Katie! :D


message 1: by Jane

Jane It was great to see you again. Thank you so much for helping out WriteGirl today!


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