Italy (Rizzoli). Her second Book Awards,was sold in novel, AUTOFOCUS, Poland (Akapit). She blogs at (HarperCollins, June 2016) . silver medalist in the Florida THIS TINY PERFECT WORLD (HarperCollins Children’s Books, February 2018) Penny is a girl from a small when she unexpectedly gets a town where expectations are scholarship to a prestigious limited. Kids grow up learning acting summer camp, she can't the same trades their parents pass it up. But that doesn’t learned, and marrying their mean anything’s really going to high school sweethearts. That’s change, right? It’s just one okay with Penny: she’s always summer. known she’d run her mom’s diner, and she’s happy with her Then slowly, the people she boyfriend Logan, whom she’s meets at Breakthrough – known since 5th grade. What’s including a boy called Chase – wrong with a cozy life? A make her realize how big the small, perfect life. world is, and how much other people have been taught to But Penny has a talent. Her expect from it. Can she really high school drama coach go back to her old life, and be thinks she could go far and happy? – North American rights: HarperCollins. UK & Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann Film rights: Hoffmann LIESL SHURTLIFF LIESL SHURTLIFF grew up in Her previous novels are RUMP: Salt Lake City, Utah as the The True Story of fourth child in a combined Rumpelstiltskin (Knopf BFYR, family of eight. She studied April 2014), JACK: The True Music, Dance, and Theater at Story of Jack and the Beanstalk Brigham Young University. (Knopf BFYR, April 2015), and Liesl currently resides in RED: The True Story of Little Chicago, Illinois with her Red Riding Hood (Knopf BFYR, husband and three children. April 2016). They are all New Her website can be found at . York Times bestsellers. GRUMP: The True Story of the Seventh Dwarf
Italy (Rizzoli). Her second novel, AUTOFOCUS, (HarperCollins, June 2016) silver medalist in the Florida Book Awards,was sold in Poland (Akapit). She blogs at . THIS TINY PERFECT WORLD (HarperCollins Children’s Books, February 2018) Penny is a girl from a small town where expectations are limited. Kids grow up learning the same trades their parents learned, and marrying their high school sweethearts. That’s okay with Penny: she’s always known she’d run her mom’s diner, and she’s happy with her boyfriend Logan, whom she’s known since 5th grade. What’s wrong with a cozy life? A small, perfect life. But Penny has a talent. Her high school drama coach thinks she could go far – and when she unexpectedly gets a scholarship to a prestigious acting summer camp, she can't pass it up. But that doesn’t mean anything’s really going to change, right? It’s just one summer. Then slowly, the people she meets at Breakthrough – including a boy called Chase – make her realize how big the world is, and how much other people have been taught to expect from it. Can she really go back to her old life, and be happy? North American rights: HarperCollins. UK & Translation rights: Regal Hoffmann Film rights: Hoffmann LIESL SHURTLIFF LIESL SHURTLIFF grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah as the fourth child in a combined family of eight. She studied Music, Dance, and Theater at Brigham Young University. Liesl currently resides in Chicago, Illinois with her husband and three children. Her website can be found at . Her previous novels are RUMP: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin (Knopf BFYR, April 2014), JACK: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk (Knopf BFYR, April 2015), and RED: The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood (Knopf BFYR, April 2016). They are all New York Times bestsellers. GRUMP: The True Story of the Seventh Dwarf
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