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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All Aboard! Dani Truehart’s World Tour Travelogue Part 1: London
In Burning Bright, the second book in the popular YA series, The Rise And Fall of Dani Truehart, teenage pop-singing sensation Dani Truehart jets around the globe on her first world tour. Grab a cuppa and check out some of the best things to...
How TikTok Saved My Book: Young Adult Author, Michele Kwasniewski, Found Inspiration To Keep Writing The Final Novel In Her Trilogy
If you met me on the street, I’d be the last person you would think who has a TikTok account. I’m not an influencer, young or remotely good at dancing and I hate being on camera. But my books aren’t going to sell themselves and the short-form video platform...
Pack Like A Pop Star – Travel ‘Must-Haves’ I Discovered While Writing My Popular Young Adult Book Series
I know traveling seems like a crazy idea these days as we come out of the pandemic, but before we know it we’ll all be back to vacationing like the old days. In the second book in my popular young adult book series THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART, the main...
When Writing Young Adult Novels, How Far Is Too Far?
One of the challenges I have while writing my debut young adult series, THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART, is telling an engaging and exciting story while not putting my character in age-inappropriate situations that parents will find objectionable. My series centers...
What I’m Reading Right Now: This Young Adult Fiction Writer’s Top Reading Picks for Summer 2021 (Or What’s Left of it)
Summer might be drawing to a close on the calendar as children head back to school and bags of Halloween candy magically pop up on the endcaps of supermarkets aisles across the nation. But here in California, summer weather lasts a little longer than other parts of...
YA Novels Aren’t Just For Young Adults
TikTok, BTS, coloring books, skinny jeans – so many things aimed at young people are also big hits with adults. The same goes with YA novels - The Sun Is Also A Star, One Of Us Is Lying, The Hate U Give, The Hunger Games – adults...






