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June 16, 2017
Starry Eyes Cover Reveal
If you haven’t seen it yet, Riveted revealed the cover of my next book. It’s called Starry Eyes, and it features a goth boy and an astronomy-loving girl who are exes and members of rival families. What happens when they get stuck in the California wilderness together? You’ll find out April 2018! Until then, check […]
April 9, 2017
Alex, Approximately available now!
If you’re a reader living in North America or Australia, you’re in luck: my multi-starred YA contemporary, Alex, Approximately, was published this week! It’s a California-set teen retelling of You’ve Got Mail (with film geeks, surfer boys, Vespas, and quirky museums), and I hope you love reading Bailey and Porter’s hate-love relationship. In the U.S., […]
March 3, 2017
U.K. Cover Reveal
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Cover swoon alert! Today Maximum Pop! Books revealed the U.K. cover for my next young adult book, Alex, Approximately. I absolutely love it! The artwork is similar to Night Owls, but still manages to capture the feel of this book. (Notice the Vespa instead of the bus on the cover?) If you’re a U.K. […]
February 14, 2017
Alex, Approximately Starred Reviews
I’m over the moon to learn that my upcoming YA book, Alex, Approximately, has received two starred reviews! Here are a couple of quotes from the reviews (both available in the February issues of these trade publications): “Bennett creates an authentically multicultural ensemble, from Bailey’s Nigerian-by-way-of-London new bestie, Grace, to her dad’s Mexican-American girlfriend and […]
August 23, 2016
Tour of Bex and Jack’s San Francisco
If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you might remember when I re-posted photos of San Francisco taken by a Bay Area reader who snapped pics of The Anatomical Shape of a Heart (aka Night Owls) around the city at sites featured in the story. It was AWESOME. If you missed, you can read […]
July 18, 2016
RITA Award Winner, Right Here!
If you didn’t hear my gasp of shock on social media, my first young adult book, THE ANATOMICAL SHAPE OF A HEART won the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA Award for Young Adult Romance. In case you don’t know, these awards are basically the Oscars of romance writing, and the highest honor in the […]
June 23, 2016
U.S. Cover For Alex, Approximately
Recently, my U.S. publisher, Simon Pulse—a division of Simon and Schuster—partnered with Barnes and Noble during the first annual national teen B-fest to offer a unique opportunity to readers: YOU got to choose the cover of Alex, Approximately. This week, Barnes and Noble unveiled the winner! I think it’s absolutely beautiful, and I’m so thrilled […]
March 25, 2016
All the Awards!
Huge news, guys, so I’ll get right to it: THE ANATOMICAL SHAPE OF A HEART won a RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award for BEST YA PROTAGONIST! Whaaaaat??? The other two YA award winners were DUMPLIN’, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy (her book also won Book of the Year!) and SIX […]
December 13, 2015
More Young Adult Books Coming!
In case you haven’t heard by now, I have a new young adult book being published. Not just one book, but two! *cue exciting music* Okay, wait. I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s focus on the first book, shall we? It’s titled ALEX, APPROXIMATELY, and Publishers Weekly broke the big news here: And more […]
November 3, 2015
The Anatomical Shape of a Heart is Out Today!
The wait is over: The Anatomical Shape of a Heart, my first YA contemporary romance book, goes on sale today in the U.S. and Canada. Commence confetti-throwing! It’s sold in hardcover (a beautifully designed hardcover, inside and out, with tons of details and surprises—I mean, WOW), and should be available in most bookstores. If you […]
