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Nina Malkin is the author of three YA novels, one novella, and an adult memoir. Before turning to books, Nina was a journalist specializing in entertainment, pop culture, and lifestyles. She has held executive positions as an editor and writer at Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Teen People, and her work has appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Seventeen, Real Simple, In Style, and numerous other publications. A New York native, Nina lives in Brooklyn with her musician husband and assorted felines. Find out more at ninamalkin.com.
Nina Malkin Revealed
Revealing Questions
Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. write, rock, eat, play, argue, obsess, swoon, sweat
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Plot! Character! Language!
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. dinner in belly, cat on belly, head on loved one's lap.
Q. What’s your greatest fear?
A. unbeing
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. that's the great thing about having an inner life — you're already there.
Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
A. $^#%@!, *&%^#! and #%&^@!
Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
A. i have a lot of hair
Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
A. humor, honesty & hunger
Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
A. buffet
On Books and Writing
Q. How did you come to write Swoon?
A. The concept of a contemporary girl who becomes possessed by the spirit of a boy from another century had been bobbing around in the brain snot for some time. Then, a betrayal in "real" life fueled the idea and — bang! — 83,386 words later, SWOON.
Series
6X
1. The Uncensored Confessions (2005)
2. Loud, Fast, & Out of Control (2005)
Novels
Orange Is the New Pink (2007)
Swoon (2009)
Omnibus
Mistletoe (2006) (with Hailey Abbott, Melissa De La Cruz, Aimee Friedman)
Non fiction
An Unlikely Cat Lady: Feral Adventures in the Backyard Jungle (2007)
Nina Malkin recommends
Celebrity Skin (2007)
(Fame Unlimited, book 1)
Liane Bonin
"Sexy guys! Psycho moms! Mean Girls!"
Email:nina@ninamalkin.com
For business inquiries, contact the
lovely and talented Meredith Kaffel
Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, Inc.
65 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
meredith@sll.com
Swoon the new Twilight?!
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Nina-Malkin/47928096
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Swear
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Swoon
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Mistletoe
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6X: The Uncensored Confessions
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Loud, Fast, & Out Of Control (6X)
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Nina Malkin is the author of three YA novels, one novella, and an adult memoir. Before turning to books, Nina was a journalist specializing in entertainment, pop culture, and lifestyles. She has held executive positions as an editor and writer at Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Teen People, and her work has appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Seventeen, Real Simple, In Style, and numerous other publications. A New York native, Nina lives in Brooklyn with her musician husband and assorted felines. Find out more at ninamalkin.com.
Nina Malkin Revealed
Revealing Questions
Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. write, rock, eat, play, argue, obsess, swoon, sweat
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Plot! Character! Language!
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. dinner in belly, cat on belly, head on loved one's lap.
Q. What’s your greatest fear?
A. unbeing
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. that's the great thing about having an inner life — you're already there.
Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
A. $^#%@!, *&%^#! and #%&^@!
Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
A. i have a lot of hair
Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
A. humor, honesty & hunger
Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
A. buffet
On Books and Writing
Q. How did you come to write Swoon?
A. The concept of a contemporary girl who becomes possessed by the spirit of a boy from another century had been bobbing around in the brain snot for some time. Then, a betrayal in "real" life fueled the idea and — bang! — 83,386 words later, SWOON.
Series
6X
1. The Uncensored Confessions (2005)
2. Loud, Fast, & Out of Control (2005)
Novels
Orange Is the New Pink (2007)
Swoon (2009)
Omnibus
Mistletoe (2006) (with Hailey Abbott, Melissa De La Cruz, Aimee Friedman)
Non fiction
An Unlikely Cat Lady: Feral Adventures in the Backyard Jungle (2007)
Nina Malkin recommends
Celebrity Skin (2007)
(Fame Unlimited, book 1)
Liane Bonin
"Sexy guys! Psycho moms! Mean Girls!"
Email:nina@ninamalkin.com
For business inquiries, contact the
lovely and talented Meredith Kaffel
Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, Inc.
65 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
meredith@sll.com
Swoon the new Twilight?!
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Nina-Malkin/47928096
