Twenty-four year old Abby McDonald grew up in Sussex, England and studied Politics, Philosophy & Economics at Oxford University. She began writing at college,and has since worked as a music journalist and entertainment critic, drawing on her loves of pop culture, film and feminism, and interviewing acts as diverse as LeAnn Rimes, The Kings of Leon, and Marilyn Manson. Her writing has appeared in the NME, Plan B magazine, CosmoGirl!, and a variety of websites and blogs.
In March 2009, her debut novel for teens, Sophomore Switch, was published by Candlewick Press (starred Kirkus review). Find out more at sophomoreswitch.com.
The Popularity Rules is her first novel for adults, and was published in the UK by Arrow Books in September 2009. It is the Glamour ’must-read’ pick for October, and has received 4-star reviews from Heat, Scarlet and Closer magazines.
