Shana Silver writes contemporary YA and is represented by Sarah LaPolla at Curtis Brown.
When not writing, she spends her free time watching pretty much every show on TV as long as it's not about crime investigation or law, reading, smiling, spontaneously dancing (but only in her living room so as not to subject others to her Elaine-like moves), and animating graphics. If you've ever watched Football or Basketball on CBS, the USA Network, the truTV Network, or a 3D Barbie movie, you've probably seen her graphics.
She grew up in NJ and went to the same high school as The Situation. Now she lives just outside NYC and tries to go to as many book signings, conferences, or events in NYC that she can.
A non-fantasy retelling of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in which sixteen-year old Alice follows a rebellious new friend on an adventure through the underground (i.e. secret society) of Wonderland High. Curiouser and curiouser.
THE ART OF SELLING MY SISTER
Kasey Fishbein, sixteen, ruins her older sister's life by destroying her chances at a college dance scholarship. Now, she has to fix things for Lara before their parents find out