Marlene perez author biography

American writer

Marlene Perez is an American fiction writer for pre-teens and teens.

Career

She was born in Story City, Iowa and now lives in southern California. Her debut novel about a girl dealing with having overly large breasts, Unexpected Development, was published in 2004.^[1] She wrote a teen fiction series which contains the books Dead is the New Black, Dead is a State of Mind, and Dead is so Last Year.^[2]Dead is Just a Rumor was published in April 2011 and Dead is Not an Option was published in July 2012. She is now writing the next two books in the series. She has also written Love in the Corner Pocket and The Comeback. Her books Bella Goes to Hollywood, Bright Lights for Bella (both part of the Star Sisterz series), and Figure in the Frost (part of the Knights of the Silver Dragon series) are written under the name Lana Perez.^[1]

References

Unexpected Development by Marlene Perez (Roaring Brook, 2004). What did Megan do over her summer vacation, Mrs. Westland? Sex. That’s what she relates in her answering essay. But that’s not all. Megan also works at a pancake house, fends off sexual harassment, contemplates breast reduction surgery, and finds herself overwhelmed when a crush turns into a real boyfriend with everything that implies. Highly recommended. Ages 12-up. More on Unexpected Development from Cynsations.

Marlene Perez on Marlene Perez: “I’m the youngest of twelve children. I credit my love of reading to my siblings because they taught me to read before kindergarten. I grew up in Story City, a small town in Iowa. My parents divorced when I was a baby, and my mom raised us by herself. I now live in Orange County, California, also known as ‘The OC.’ I’m married with two great kids and a wonderful, supportive husband. We also have a cat, a dog, and a corn snake. I’m not so fond of the snake, but I am getting used to it.” Read Marlene Perez’s

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