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Pre-Order Links Now Available for BESTIES: CRUSH IT (out 9/15/26)

BESTIES: CRUSH IT From the New York Times bestselling World of Click by Kayla Miller: Besties Trent and Sawyer’s plans to crush winter carnival games are in peril when a crush of the heart threatens to undo their duo. School’s out and Trent and Sawyer have their eyes on the prize: To be kings of…

Pre-Order Links Now Available for BESTIES: SET SAIL (out 11/11/25)

BESTIES: SET SAIL From the New York Times bestselling World of Click, besties Beth and Chanda set sail on their third adventure. But their dream cruise is not all smooth sailing as they navigate the changing tides of friendship and sisterhood. Busy besties Beth and Chanda are all aboard for a relaxing ocean getaway! Chanda…

Pre-Order Links Now Available for BESTIES: PRANK WAR (out 3/4/25)

BESTIES: PRANK WAR From the New York Times bestselling World of Click by Kayla Miller comes a graphic novel about besties Trent and Sawyer. When they accidentally start a class-wide prank war, the boys need to get especially crafty if they’re going to come out on top—with all of their friendships intact. Trent and Sawyer…

Spring 2024 Events

On March 22, 2024, I presented a paper at the Supernatural Studies Conference, held at Marist College. My presentation, titled “The Cat Came Back: Subverting the Gothic Romance in Florence Stevenson’s Ophelia,” took a look at one of my favorite pulp authors of the 60s and 70s. Read the abstract below: In the 1960s and…

Spanish translation, BESTIES. CUENTA CONMIGO, available now!

The Besties team is excited to report that a Spanish language translation of Besties: Work It Out, titled BESTIES. CUENTA CONMIGO, is available for purchase as of March 2023! The book has been translated by Iris Mogollón González and published by Maeva Young. It’s both surreal and so gratifying to see my writing translated into…

Pre-Order Links Now Available for BESTIES: FIND THEIR GROOVE (out 9/27/2022)

BESTIES: FIND THEIR GROOVE A fun and fresh spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Click graphic novels. With the school dance around the corner, fashionistas Beth and Chanda are ready to dazzle! With their first formal school dance around the corner, Beth and Chanda are on a mission to make it the best night ever. Step…

UPDATES & ETC: 2022 Texas Maverick GN Reading List and Poughkeepsie Book Festival

Fun news! BESTIES: WORK IT OUT has been selected for the Texas Library Association’s 2022 Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List, alongside a variety of welcome company. As per the announcement: “The Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List (TMGNRL) is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round…

BESTIES: WORK IT OUT – in stores now!

It’s been three weeks since BESTIES: WORK IT OUT was released to bookstores and e-retailers everywhere, and we couldn’t be happier with the positive response it’s receiving from readers. We’re especially thrilled by the anticipation folks have for further BESTIES adventures… with any luck, Beth and Chanda will be getting into much more trouble in…

BESTIES pre-order giveaway promotion + book trailer!

BESTIES: WORK IT OUT– by Kayla Miller, Kristina Luu, and myself– is hitting bookstores exactly one month from today, on October 19, 2021! Our publisher, Clarion Books, is holding an adorable pre-order giveaway until release day, offering anyone who pre-orders BESTIES from any retailer a set of matching child-size Besties-inspired friendship bracelets! Per the publisher,…

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