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Megan McCafferty

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Born

in Bayville, New Jersey, The United States

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http://www.meganmccafferty.com/

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Young Adult, Middle Grade, New Adult

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John Hughes, Judy Blume, J.D. Salinger ...more

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February 2011

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Megan McCafferty writes fiction for tweens, teens and teens-at-heart of all ages. The author of twelve novels, she’s best known for SLOPPY FIRSTS and four more sequels in the New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series--available throughout 2021 in updated 20th anniversary editions. She published two new books in 2020: TRUE TO YOUR SELFIE (MG, Scholastic) and THE MALL (YA, Wednesday Books). Described in her first review as “Judy Blume meets Dorothy Parker” (Wall Street Journal), she’s been trying to live up to that high standard ever since.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 138,373 ratings · 10,131 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sloppy Firsts (Jessica Darling, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 36,260 ratings — published 2001 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Second Helpings (Jessica Darling, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 26,204 ratings — published 2003 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charmed Thirds (Jessica Darling, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 13,998 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bumped (Bumped, #1) 3.12 avg rating — 13,126 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fourth Comings (Jessica Darling, #4) 3.68 avg rating — 10,439 ratings — published 2007 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfect Fifths (Jessica Darling, #5) 3.84 avg rating — 9,391 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thumped (Bumped, #2) 3.36 avg rating — 5,459 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mall 3.57 avg rating — 3,199 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection 3.93 avg rating — 1,577 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths 4.44 avg rating — 1,206 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I’m a retired New York Times bestselling author. Current public library worker by day. Singer for New Yacht City by night. Thanks to The Flying Garter for the write up of our first show of the summer. So many gigs ahead! I can’t believe I get to perform with such a talented group of musicians.

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Series by Megan McCafferty

Jessica Darling (5 books)
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Bumped (2 books)
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3.19 avg rating — 18,585 ratings

Jessica Darling's It List (3 books)
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3.90 avg rating — 2,401 ratings

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Several Short Sentences About Writing

by Verlyn Klinkenborg

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The Immortalists

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The Need

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“You can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact that it isn't a bad mood at all; it's just your sucky personality.”
― Megan McCafferty, Sloppy Firsts

tags: humor

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“It's so much easier to convince yourself you're madly in love with someone when you know nothing about him.”
― Megan McCafferty, Second Helpings

tags: love, romance

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“Girls will get together just to get together. Guys need an activity as an excuse. Otherwise it’s too homo for them to handle.”
― Megan McCafferty, Sloppy Firsts

tags: boys, friendship, girls

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These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman

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