Aimee Friedman (born 1979) is the author of several young adult novels published by
Scholastic Inc
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., Point and S&S. Her novels ''South Beach'' (2004) (a ''New York Times'' bestseller), ''French Kiss'' (2005), ''Hollywood Hills'' (2007) and ''The Year My Sister Got Lucky'' (2008) focus on the scandalous adventures of on-again, off-again best friends Holly Jacobson and Alexa St. Laurent. Friedman released ''Sea Change'' on June 1, 2009.
''A Novel Idea'' (2005) is a romantic comedy about a teenager who starts a book club in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Friedman wrote one of the four stories in the holiday collection ''Mistletoe'' (2006), which also features stories by Nina Malkin, Hailey Abbott, and Melissa de la Cruz. Friedman wrote a short story, "Three Fates" for the book ''21'' ''Proms''. In 2007, Friedman published, along with artist
Christine Norrie
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, a graphic novel entitled ''Breaking Up'' which details the complicated dynamics of junior year in an arts school in New York. In 2016, she published ''Two Summers''.
Friedman grew up in
Queens, New York
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, attended
Bronx High School of Science
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, and graduated
Phi Beta Kappa
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in 2001 with a BA in English from
Vassar College
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.
She resides in
Manhattan
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.
She went to a dance school with her older sister.
Bibliography
Books By Aimee Friedman
* ''South Beach'' (2004)
*''French Kiss'' (2005)
*''A Novel Idea'' (2005)
*''Hollywood Hills'' (2007)
*''The Year My Sister Got Lucky'' (2008)
*''Sea Change'' (2009)
*''Two Summers'' (2016)
Contributor
*''Mistletoe'' (2006)
*''21 Proms''
Graphic novel
*''Breaking Up'' (2007 - with Christine Norrie )
As Ruth Ames
*''This Totally Bites'' - Poison Apple Book 2 (2009)
*''At First Bite'' - Poison Apple Book 8 (2011)
References
External links
Aimee Friedman's WebsiteAimee Friedman Author Profile at ScholasticAimee Friedman Author Profile
at Point Press
at BookReviewsAndMore.ca
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1979 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
American women novelists
Writers from Queens, New York
Novelists from New York City
Vassar College alumni
21st-century American women writers