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Lara M. Zeises

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January 20, 1976 in Philadelphia, The United States

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About this author

Lara M. Zeises is the author of Bringing Up the Bones, a Delacorte Press Prize Honor Book (2001); Contents Under Pressure, a Delaware Blue Hen Teen Book Award winner and an IRA-CBC Young Adults' Choice (2006); and Anyone But You, a YALSA Popular Paperbacks selection (2008). Her latest novel, The Sweet Life of Stella Madison, was published in July 2009.

Lara has also published two novels under the pseudonym Lola Douglas: True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, which was adapted into a Lifetime movie starring multi-platinum recording artist Joanna "JoJo" Levesque and Golden Globe winner Valerie Bertinelli, and its sequel, More Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet.

In addition to writing, Lara teaches part-time at her alma mater, the University...more


It's 3:30 a.m. as I type this, December 31, 2010.

This year? Kind of sucked.

Not just for me. This year kind of sucked for just about everyone I love.

Breakups. Financial disaster. Deaths. Career turmoil. Health problems, family drama(s), dysfunction like you wouldn't believe.

For me personally: 2010 turned out to be the hardest year of my entire life. And that's saying something, since 2009 was e... read more »
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Average rating: 3.57 · 562 ratings · 103 reviews · 4 distinct works
The Sweet Life of Stella Ma...
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
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Contents Under Pressure
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions
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Anyone but You
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
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Bringing up the Bones
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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Bossypants by Tina Fey
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Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)
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"Did you forget our side conversation about how the new, more compact nuclear batteries could solve the global energy crisis? :)

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Real Live Boyfriends by E. Lockhart
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I love all of the Ruby Oliver books, but I think this is my absolute favorite. Her voice is so authentic, so poignant, and so perfect. Just sat down with this book tonight and read it cover to cover in one sitting. A must read.
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
When You Reach Me
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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
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“Critter: I was fairly relieved when Sea took off on her own. She was wearing some two-sizes-too-small T-shirt, practically forcing my eyes to home in on “the girls,” and all I could think was I’m going to turn into a pillar of salt.”
Lara M. Zeises, Anyone but You




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