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Khristina Chess is the award-winning author of several young adult novels, including The Cutting Edge of Friendship, Hollow Beauty, The Delinquent Hero, Junior Missing, and Unquiet Riot. She tackles tough teen topics and writes binge-worthy books across multiple genres, including contemporary, thriller, mystery, and adventure.

Visit her online at www.khristinachess.com and on Twitter @KhristinaChess.
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Khristina Chess My first novel, Straight A's, was inspired by some of my own experience with academic pressure and depression. The later novels are entirely fictitiou…moreMy first novel, Straight A's, was inspired by some of my own experience with academic pressure and depression. The later novels are entirely fictitious. I start with a topic I want to write about, like teen pregnancy or anorexia. The story evolves from that. I find John Green, Jennifer Niven and Laurie Halse Anderson three YA authors whose books are similar to my category, who I admire.(less)
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Average rating: 3.89 · 526 ratings · 109 reviews · 12 distinct worksSimilar authors
Hollow Beauty

3.68 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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The Cutting Edge of Friendship

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Junior Missing

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Straight A's

3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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The Delinquent Hero

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Drive to June

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Unquiet Riot

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The Future Unborn

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Swallow the Rainbow

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Property of Nobody

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What a great premise! A bus full of children vanishes. The men responsible have buried them underground in a shipping container while they demand ransom. The biggest hook for me: this is inspired by actual events!

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“He shook his head. “Zombies are different than robots.”

“I agree. Zombies are fictional characters.”
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“Demonstrate your connection with popular culture. You could use ‘hashtag brilliant’ throughout your essay to describe yourself.”
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“In all those movies, how does Lois fail to see that Clark Kent is really superman? I mean, his disguise is a pair of glasses.”
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“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
Stephen King

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”
Anne Lamott

“Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness”
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“There is no place for the word twerking anywhere on your college application. Ever.”
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