- Ally Carter
Infobox Writer
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name = Ally Carter
birthdate = birth year and age|1974
birthplace =Oklahoma ,United States
occupation = novelist
nationality =United States
period = 2005–present
genre =Chick Lit ,Young adult literature
website = http://www.allycarter.com/Ally Carter is an American
author of young adult and adult fiction. "Carter" was chosen as her surname because her agent and editor wanted her books to be shelved near bestsellingchick lit authorJennifer Crusie 's.Fact|date=December 2007Career
Her first adult book, "Cheating at Solitaire",was released in 2005 and tells the story the story of a famously single self-help guru who becomes very publicly linked to one of
Hollywood 's hottest up-and-coming male stars. Carter's first young adult novel, which has been optioned byDisney , "I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You ", is a story about a girl who goes to a prestigiousspy school and what happens when she falls for a normal boy who has no idea who she "really" is. It has been selected as a Texas Lone Star reading list book for 2007-2008. [ [http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/lone0708a.pdf Texas Library Association] ]A sequel to "Cheating at Solitaire", "Learning to Play Gin" was released in November 2006. Because the books were released very close together, Carter has the distinction of releasing her first three books in under a year.
She also recently published the sequel to "
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You " which is titled "Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy ". This is the second book of the Gallagher Girls Series and was released on October 2, 2007. It chronicles the second semester of Cammie Morgan's sophomore year and her self-assigned mission against the boys who have moved into her school. "Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy " was on the "New York Times Bestseller List " for 10 weeks.The third book of the Gallagher Girls series, Don't Judge a Girl By Her Cover, has not been released yet. The release date is June 9, 2009.
Ally is also at work on a new young adult series about a girl named Kat, whose family business is thievery.
Bibliography
* "
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You " (2006)
* "Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy " (2007)
* Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (June 2009)References
External links
* [http://www.allycarter.com/ official website and blog]
* [http://yafresh.blogspot.com/2006/10/whats-fresh-with-ally-carters-id-tell.html YA Fresh interview]
* [http://bookburger.typepad.com/bookburger/ally_carter/index.html bookburger.com interview]
* [http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2006/January/interview_1.html New York Cool interview]
* [http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/board/displayBook.asp?id=1669 Hyperion Books for Children profile]
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