The process of asking for author blurbs for a new book is rather terrifying. As a writer, you know how busy other authors are and you are loathe to disturb them. And as you ask--because we all must ask--you inwardly cringe and hope they deem your book interesting enough to take a peek.
Something about the whole process takes me back to the day in junior high when my best friend was away and I had to hunt for a place to sit in the caf. I wandered around with my tray, looking for empty seats and before I sat down, asked the dreaded question with my eyes. May I sit with you?
Read: Am I worthy?
Ugh.
Anyway, I'm happy to report my first blurb for LBL is in and I LOVE it...
Tish Cohen's LITTLE BLACK LIES is a searingly clear-eyed, sharply funny portrait of High-School-Peer-Pressure Gone Wild. Social misfit Sara Black's account of her year at America's premier institute for hyper-over-achievers is full of gut-punch emotion and compelling insights from a smart girl forced to navigate the treacherous hallways of Anton High--a school of piranhas in kilts and knee-socks. This is a place where good things only seem to happen to bad kids and a good kid has no choice but to do bad things. By turns charming and ironic, brave and infuriating, Sarah makes you want to stand up and cheer for her--and send her to her room all at the same time.
- Lesley Livingston, author of WONDROUS STRANGE and DARKLIGHT
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