Guest Post by NYT Bestselling Author Brenda Hiatt - STARFALL
STARFALL, the electrifying conclusion of NYT Bestselling author's Starstruck series was released on February 24th. A little about how the whole series came to be… Back when I was in third grade (or thereabouts), a girl in my class used to tell us all that she was really a Martian princess. She was ADAMANT about it, and even though we made fun of her (as kids will) and tried all kinds of things to convince or trick her into admitting she was making it up, she stuck to her story—probably for at least a month, though of course I remember it as much longer now. I forgot all about her and her story until a few years ago, when something brought it to mind. At that point, my writer-brain suddenly whispered, “What if she was telling the truth? What if she really WAS a Martian princess?” And thus, the idea for STARSTRUCK was born. By the time I finished the book (which took me over a year, since it was my first foray into writing for the young adult marke...