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Melissa de la Cruz

American writer

Melissa de la Cruz (born September 7, ) is a Filipina-American writer known for young adult fiction. Her young-adult series include Au Pairs, the Blue Bloods, and The Beauchamp Family.

Early life and education

Melissa de la Cruz was born in Manila, Philippines and says that she has wanted to be an author since she was eleven years old.[1]

She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 13, in ,[2] and they settled in San Francisco, where she graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School.

She went on to study art history and English at Columbia University in New York City.[3][4] After graduation she worked as a computer consultant.[5]

Personal life

De la Cruz is married to Michael Johnston, another writer,[6][7] with whom she co-wrote the Heart of Dread series.[2] They and their daughter live in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California.[8][9]

Career

De La Cruz wrote her first full-length novel at 22 while living in New York City and working at Bankers Trust.[5] That novel ultimately did not sell, but an editor at Little, Brown suggested she become a journalist to work on her professional writing credits.[1][5] She started working freelance and published her first essay in New York Press in She also worked as a beauty and fashion editor until she sold her debut novel, The Cat's Meow, in [1][5] De la Cruz has published articles in periodicals including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Teen Vogue, and Harper's Magazine.[10] After publication of her debut novel in , and layoff from the U.S.

investment bank Morgan Stanley, she pursued writing full-time.[5]

Work as a fashion writer for Marie Claire was the inspiration for How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less () by de la Cruz and Karen Robinovitz.[11]

Work as a nanny and visits to The Hamptons formed the background for the to series The Au Pairs.[12] De la Cruz has also written original novels for Disney's Descendants franchise, with the first published in

Series

  • Au Pairs – featuring three girls working as au pairs in The Hamptons, inaugurated with The Au Pairs
  • Blue Bloods – vampire novel series inaugurated with Blue Bloods[13]
  • The Ashleys – featuring girls who attend an exclusive prep school, inaugurated with The Ashleys: There's a New Name in School
  • The Beauchamp Family – featuring a family of witches in the Blue Bloods universe, inaugurated with Witches of East End; adapted as – television series Witches of East End[14]
  • Wolf Pact – spin-off from Blue Bloods, released September to December as four short ebooks
  • Heart of Dread – co-written with her husband Michael Johnston, inaugurated with Frozen[15]
  • The Ring and the Crown – historical fiction about five young adults embroiled in love, politics, and magic during a London coming-of-age season[when?]
  • Alex and Eliza – historical fiction following the 18th-century romance between American founding father Alexander Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Schuyler, from
  • 29 – contemporary fiction featuring a South Korean teen and her path to finding love, from
  • Never After – inaugurated with The Thirteenth Fairy[16]
  • The Queen's Assassin – inaugurated with The Queen's Assassin[17]

Works

Au Pairs

  1. The Au Pairs ()
  2. Skinny Dipping ()
  3. Sun-Kissed ()
  4. Crazy Hot ()

The Ashleys

  1. There's a New Name in School ()
  2. Jealous?

    You Know You Are ()

  3. Birthday Vicious ()
  4. Lipgloss Jungle ()

Heart of Dread[18]
De la Cruz and her husband Michael Johnston wrote the Heart of Dread trilogy together.

  1. Frozen ()
  2. Stolen ()
  3. Golden ()

The Ring and the Crown[19]

  1. The Ring and the Crown ()
  2. The Lily and the Cross ()

Disney Descendants[20]
The Isle of the Lost novels are one series of print books in the Descendants franchise inaugurated by the Disney musical fantasy TV film Descendants

  1. The Isle of the Lost ()
  2. Return to the Isle of the Lost ()
  3. Rise of the Isle of the Lost ()
  4. Escape from the Isle of the Lost ()
  5. Beyond the Isle of the Lost ()

Alex & Eliza

  1. Alex and Eliza ()
  2. Love & War ()
  3. All for One ()

29

  1. 29 Dates ()
  2. 29 Boyfriends ()

Never After[16]

  1. The Thirteenth Fairy ()
  2. The Stolen Slippers ()
  3. "The Broken Mirror" ()
  4. "The Missing Sword" ()

The Queen's Assassin[17]

  1. The Queen's Assassin ()
  2. The Queen's Secret ()

Blue Bloods universe[21]

Blue Bloods
  1. Blue Bloods ()
  2. Masquerade ()
  3. Revelations ()
  4. The Van Alen Legacy ()
  5. Misguided Angel ()
  6. Bloody Valentine ()
  7. Lost in Time ()
  8. Gates of Paradise ()
  • Keys to the Repository (), "companion novel", or collection[22]
The Beauchamp Family
  1. Witches of East End ()
  2. Serpent's Kiss ()
  3. Winds of Salem ()
  4. Triple Moon ()
  5. Double Eclipse ()
Wolf Pact
Wolf Pact was first published October to December as four ebooks entitled Wolf Pact: Part One of Four and so on, followed by a paperback first edition of the whole.[23]
The New Blue Bloods Coven
  1. Vampires of Manhattan ()
  2. White Nights ()

Stand-alone novels

  • Cat's Meow ()
  • How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less (), by de la Cruz and Karen Robinovitz
  • The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-Inch Heels and Faux Pas ()[24]
  • Fresh off the Boat ()
  • Angels on Sunset Boulevard ()
  • Girl Stays in the Picture ()
  • Surviving High School: A Novel ()
  • Something in Between ()
  • Pride & Prejudice & Mistletoe ()
  • Someone to Love ()
  • Once Upon a River () [25]
  • Gotham High ()[26]
  • Jo & Laurie (), by Melissa Stohl and de la Cruz
  • High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Road Trip ()
  • Cinder & Glass ()
  • A Secret Princess (, expected June), by Melissa Stohl and de la Cruz
  • Snow & Poison ()
  • Going Dark ()

[27]


Short stories

  • Mistletoe () – anthology with de la Cruz a contributing author
  • "Shelter Island", in The Number of the Beast (), anthology
  • 21 Proms (), anthology by de la Cruz
  • "A Manhattan Love Story", in Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys (), anthology[28]
  • "Shelter Island", in The Eternal Kiss (), anthology
  • "Code of Honor", in A Thousand Beginnings and Endings (), anthology, eds.

    Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

References

  1. ^ abcSharon (November 9, ). "Author Interview: Melissa de la Cruz". Shaz's Book Blog (). Retrieved
  2. ^ abWerris, Wendy (August 1, ).

    "Q & A with Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved

  3. ^New York, Volume 34, , p. Via Google Books.
  4. ^"About Melissa". Retrieved
  5. ^ abcde"Author Interview: Melissa de la Cruz on Blue Bloods".

    Blue Bloods Universe Wiki History Talk 0. The Ring and the Crown [ 19 ]. Agyness Deyn 01 Mar, Melissa de la Cruz is a renowned novelist who is highly admired for her writing skills.

    Cynsations: Celebrating Children's & Young Adult Literature. September 25, Retrieved

  6. ^"Mel's Shopping Diary: I Wanna Be Sedated". . Archived from the original on Retrieved
  7. ^"Q & A with Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston". Publishers Weekly.

  8. Fandom
  10. Author Spotlight: Melissa de la Cruz - Once Upon a Book Club

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  11. ^"About Melissa". . Retrieved
  12. ^"About Melissa". . Retrieved
  13. ^"Melissa de la Cruz". Library of Congress. Retrieved [dead link&#;]
  14. ^Critchell, Samantha (July 27, ). "Fashion Followers Write The Book On Achieving Fame", Tuscaloosa News, p.

    4E. Via Google News. Retrieved

  15. ^Jacobson, Aileen (June 2, ). "Teen chick lit finds a niche, often with racy prose".

    Melissa de la cruz biography of georgetown History Talk 0. Heart of Dread - The first novel from this brand new series, Frozen, co-written with her husband Michael Johnston, was released on September 17, Their relationship is depending on mutual trust and understanding. She is a critically acclaimed writer.

    St. Louis Post Dispatch via Newsday (). Retrieved (Quote: "Melissa de la Cruz has been a nanny and she's been to the Hamptons She combined the two experiences to help her write The Au Pairs a chick lit novel ").[dead link&#;]

  16. ^Olson, Amy (February 10, ). "Blue Bloods" (Review of audiobook edition), School Library Journal.
  17. ^The Deadline Team (July 19, ).

    "Lifetime Orders 'The Secret Lives Of Wives', 'Witches Of East End' Pilots". Deadline. Deadline Hollywood.

    See full list on literature.fandom.com Library of Congress Catalog. Rainbow Dickerson 01 Mar, Authority control databases. September 25,

    Retrieved

  18. ^"Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz – Penguin Books USA". Archived from the original on Retrieved
  19. ^ ab"Series: Never After". ISFDB.
  20. ^ ab"Series: The Queen's Assassin". ISFDB.
  21. ^"Series: Heart of Dread".

    ISFDB.

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  26. ^"Series: The Ring and the Crown". ISFDB.
  27. ^"Series: The Descendants Universe (Disney)". ISFDB.
  28. ^"Series: Blue Blooks Universe". Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved
  29. ^"Title: Keys to the Repository". ISFDB.
  30. ^"Series: Wolf Pact".

    ISFDB.

    Melissa de la Cruz Witches of East End Wiki Explore. Shaz's Book Blog shazsbookblog. Their relationship is depending on mutual trust and understanding. Melissa has not mentioned with whom she dated in the past.

  31. ^Green, Penelope (November 14, ). "Love and Ruin". The New York Times. Retrieved (subscription required)
  32. ^Clemens, Judy (n.d.). "29 Dates". New York Journal of Books.

    Fandom: Never After [ 16 ]. Retrieved She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 13, in , [ 2 ] and they settled in San Francisco , where she graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. Melissa made her appearance as an expert on fashion, trends, and fame for CNN , E!

  33. ^Cardona, Ian (April 8, ). "Gotham High Introduces an Asian-American Bruce Wayne". .
  34. ^A secret princess. Library of Congress Catalog. Retrieved
  35. ^Parks, Joy (June 3, ). "Dishing on straight girls and their gay boyfriends". SF Gate.

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