Michele Kwasniewski
Award-winning Author of the Young Adult Series, The Rise and Fall of Dani Truehart
FALLING STAR, the final installment in the exciting Young Adult trilogy, THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART is here!
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Nemesis, Thy Name is Comparison
I am a very grateful woman. With my third book coming out in 2023, completing my first YA book series, having received multiple awards recognizing RISING STAR and readers who seem to be as invested in my characters as I am, I have many things for which to be thankful....
BURNING HUNGER A Halloween Twist on BURNING BRIGHT – The Second Book In THE RISE & FALL OF DANIE TRUEHART YA series
A bubbly, synthesized beat from the radio at nurses’ station drifts faintly down the hall, creating a robotic syncopated rhythm with the various machine’s monitoring Dani Truehart’s vitals. The staff has been playing the young teen’s hits nonstop in hopes of luring...
Revisiting CURSED STAR: A Halloween Twist on RISING STAR – Book One of THE RISE & FALL OF DANI TRUEHART YA Series
Last fall I put a Halloween spin on Rising Star and changed it into Cursed Star. Before I post a spooky rendition of Burning Bright, I wanted to refresh your memory on this haunting story. In Cursed Star Book One The Damnation of Dani...
Just Getting Started
This week I celebrate a milestone birthday as I turn fifty. 🥳 And I have to be honest with you, other than ticking a new box on government forms and getting inundated with unsolicited fliers from AARP in the mail, this birthday doesn’t feel much different from...
Switching Lanes
With the last book in my YA series finished, (important announcement about FALLING STAR coming soon, by the way) I’m left staring into a yawning expanse of the unknown, swirling with possibilities. What will my next project be? Another YA series? Maybe a contemporary...
🍁🍂 My Top Ten Favorite Things About Autumn 🍁🍂
Autumn Leaves – the flaming colors, the satisfying crunch, the heady fragrance (which is actually caused by the release of release of gas as the leaf dies - eww) We don’t get a lot of changing leaves here in Orange County, CA but I love the few that I can find....