Kieran Scott (born March 11, 1974; also known by her pen name Kate Brian) is an American author of such
chick lit
Chick lit is a term used to describe a type of popular fiction targeted at younger women. Widely used in the 1990s and 2000s, the term has fallen out of fashion with publishers while writers and critics have rejected its inherent sexism. Novels id ...
books as ''The Princess and the Pauper'', ''Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys'', ''The Virginity Club'', ''Sweet 16'',
''Fake Boyfriend'', and the '' Private'' series. Books published under Scott's own name include ''She's So Dead to Us'', ''I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader'', which was nominated for YALSA's Teens Top Ten, ''Brunettes Strike Back'', ''A Non-Blonde Cheerleader in Love'', and ''Geek Magnet''.
Biography
Scott is from
Montvale, New Jersey
Montvale is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 7,844,Bergen County.Staff. "A Christmas story with a difference JERSEY INK", ''
The Star-Ledger
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'', December 25, 2003. "Author: Kieran Scott * Book: ''Jingle Boy,'' Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, hardcover, $9.95. * New Jersey ties: Scott grew up in Montvale and now lives in Ridgewood." She enjoyed cheerleading, singing, and acting when she was growing up. She graduated from
Pascack Hills High School
Pascack Hills High School (PHHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two secondary schools serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District in Bergen County, Ne ...
and attended college at
Rutgers University
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...
with a double major in English and Journalism. She worked as an editor for four years before becoming a writer.
She resides in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
with her husband and sons.
Bibliography
The Cheerleader Trilogy
* ''I Was a Non Blonde Cheerleader'' (2005)
* ''Brunettes Strike Back'' (2006)
* ''A Non-Blonde Cheerleader in Love'' (2007)
The So Trilogy
* ''She's So Dead To Us'' (May 25, 2010)
* ''He's So Not Worth It'' (June 7, 2011)
* ''This Is So Not Happening'' (May 1, 2012)
Young Adult Fiction
* ''Kiss and Tell'' (1998)
* ''Trust Me'' (1999)
* ''While You Were Gone'' (1999)
* ''How Do I Tell?'' (1999)
* ''The Dance'' (2001)
* ''Mary-Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16: The Perfect Summer'' (book 3) (2002)
* ''Jingle Boy'' (2003)
* ''The Princess and the Pauper'' (2003)
* ''The Virginity Club'' (2004)
* ''Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys'' (2005)
* ''Sweet 16'' (2005)
* ''Lucky T'' (2005)
* ''Fake Boyfriend'' (2006)
* ''Geek Magnet'' (2008)
* ''Ex-Mas'' (2009)