Lily Anderson

Lily Anderson (December 15, 1988)[1] is a Latinx author of young adult fiction, best known for her Indie's Choice Book Award-nominated novel Undead Girl Gang.

Lily Anderson
Born (1988-12-15) December 15, 1988
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreYoung adult fiction
Notable worksUndead Girl Gang
Years active2016-present
Website
mslilyanderson.com

Personal life

Anderson is an Afrolatina of Puerto Rican descent.[2] She has been a Wiccan since she was eight years old.[3] After she dropped out of college at age 18, Anderson wrote her first book and decided she wanted to become a published writer.[4]

Anderson grew up doing theatre and is a self-proclaimed theatre geek, saying that she did her first Shakespeare play when she was 12 or 13 years old, which ultimately led to her writing both novels in her debut young adult series The Only Thing Worse Than Me is You as retellings of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and William Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing.[3]

Anderson is an elementary school librarian and lives in Northern California.[4]

She names American screenwriter and director Shonda Rimes and American plus-size model Tess Holliday as the sources of some of her inspiration.[5]

Selected works

She drew on her own experience as a Wiccan for her novel Undead Girl Gang, in which a teenage Wiccan resurrects her dead best friend.[6] Other inspirations for the novel include dark comedy teenage obsessions of hers, namely the movies The Craft, Heathers, Death Becomes Her.[3]

Bibliography

Series

Messina Academy Duology

  1. The Only Thing Worse Than Me is You (St. Martin's Griffin, 2016)
  2. Not Now Not Ever (Wednesday Books, 2017)

Standalones

  • Undead Girl Gang (Razorbill, 2018)

Awards

Nominated

  • 2019 Indies Choice for Undead Girl Gang[7]
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References
  1. "'Tis The Season: Authors Talk Holidays 2016 With Lily Anderson". Pop! Goes The Reader. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  2. "About". Ms. Lily Anderson. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  3. "Chatting with Lily Anderson + GIVEAWAY! // The Second Annual "Bloggers Love Authors" Event with Books. Inc + NYMBC". Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  4. "Lily Anderson Author Interview". Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  5. "Cure Your Winter Blues With This Hilarious Summer Camp Novel". Brit + Co. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  6. "5 Question Interview with Undead Girl Gang author Lily Anderson — @TLT16 Teen Librarian Toolbox". www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  7. "Our Finalists for 2019 Indies Choice, E.B. White Read-Aloud, Indie Champion, and Picture Book Hall of Fame". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.


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