Monday, April 29, 2013

Day 5 Item #6: Author Kara Taylor

The Write Stuff for Boston Auction Day 5
Item #6: Full MS Critique and Signed Arc of PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL from Author Kara Taylor

You are bidding on:
·         Full MS critique up to 90k words for a YA or MG novel
·         Signed Arc of PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
Opening Bid: $50
Auction Begins: Monday 4/29 @ 10:00AM EDT
Auction Ends: Fridayy 5/3 @ 10:00PM EDT
About PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL: Meet Anne Dowling – a fresh, original, and funny new YA heroine whose knowing, irreverent voice will remind readers of Pretty Little Liars andPrivate. Anne practically runs her exclusive prep school on New York’s Upper East Side—that is, until she burns part of it down. Accidentally. Her lawyer father decides to send his not-quite-so-innocent only daughter to a prestigious boarding school outside of Boston. Determined to reform her bad girl ways and make it back to New York, making friends at the Wheatley School is the last thing Anne cares about. There is one girl Anne is able to stand, though—her roommate Isabella. That is, until Isabella’s body is found in the woods behind the school.

Anne is convinced someone knows what happened to Isabella the night she was viciously murdered—but no one is talking. That’s when Anne starts to notice how old and creepy the
Wheatley School really is. When she meets Isabella’s twin brother and learns he also thinks the school might be covering up the truth about Isabella’s death, Anne can’t help it…she starts poking around. Utilizing her lock-picking skills, unmistakable charm, and the help of a cute classmate named Brent, Anne discovers that Isabella wasn’t quite the innocent nerdy girl she pretended to be. But someone will do anything to stop Anne’s snooping around in this fast-paced, unputdownable read—even if it means framing her for Isabella’s murder
Bio: Kara Taylor is a Chihuahua enthusiast: but not in the Paris Hilton way. She wrote her debut novel PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL (July 30th, St. Martin's) in her first semester of graduate school, in between pulling all nighters and listening to her dad say writing isn't a real job. Now, she lives on Long Island and writes full time.
Kara Taylor’s Website: www.karamtaylor.com
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7 comments:

  1. $62 alwynhamilton (at) gmail (dot) com

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  2. $65 catyorkc (at) gmail (dot) com

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  3. $67 kimcjohnson at gmail dot com

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  4. This auction is now closed--congratulations to Kimcjohnson on a winning bid of $67!

    I'll send the winner an email shortly confirming the winning bid along with payment/donation instructions.

    Thank you all for participating in The Write Stuff for Boston auction! Please be sure to check out the other amazing items still available.

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