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She attended the University of Chicago, where she continued to be as impractical as possible by majoring in philosophy and literature. After college, she attended the MFA program at NYU and worked briefly as the world’s worst editorial assistant, and only marginally better assistant editor, at a major publishing house in New York. Her major career contributions during this time were flouting the corporate dress code at every possible turn and repeatedly breaking the printer. Before I Fall is her first published novel.

She is deeply grateful for the chance to continue writing, as she has never been particularly good at anything else.]]> female New York, New York 2011/08/01 2544584 6482837 0061726818 9780061726811 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1245425543m/6482837.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1245425543s/6482837.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6482837-before-i-fall 4.69 48
Samantha Kingston has it all—looks, popularity, the perfect boyfriend. Friday, February 12th should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it’s her last. The catch: Samantha still wakes up the next morning. In fact, she re-lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she had ever imagined.]]> 2936493 4.69 54 24 2010