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My autobiography MARNI (part of HCI's Louder Than Words series) was on the New York Public Library Stuff for the Teen Age 2010 List. I then signed a four book contract with KTeen and my first YA novel AWKWARD comes out January 1, 2012. In my free time I can be found reading romance novels, rollerblading, singing really loudly (and off-key) in public and . . . watching copious amounts of television.


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Well, today something really weird happened: I went back to high school. Now this is not the first time I've visited my alma mater, but it always feels strange walking the halls without obsessing over a future homework assignment. I feel a bit like a lurker half the time as I linger around classrooms, waiting for beloved teachers to have a free moment.


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Published on February 07, 2012 11:25 • 4 views
Average rating: 3.97 · 158 ratings · 61 reviews · 4 distinct works
Awkward
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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Marni: My True Story of Stress...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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Le Journal De Marni: Trichotil...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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Decked with Holly
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012
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“You don't have to be anyone but yourself.”
Marni Bates, Awkward

“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”
Meg Cabot

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
Albert Einstein

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