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!
The Dani Truehart Series
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Teen And Young Adult Author Michele Kwasniewski Joins Authors Answer Panel On 10/20/20
Elizabeth Rynecki, writer and director, has taken on the admirable task of promoting other authors while exploring what influences their writing. I'm excited to be included in Elizabeth's panel on Authors Answers....
10 Reasons You’ll Want to Read New Young Adult Novel RISING STAR Right Now
10. It’s getting chilly out and you need a good book to snuggle up with and read. 9. You love the feeling of discovering a new book series and sharing it with your friends. 8. Your book club is looking for a fun new read. 7. You’re an aspiring stage-mom looking for...
Writing Young Adult Fiction When You’re NOT a Young Adult
How was Michele Kwasniewski able to create her RISING STAR character Dani Truehart and navigate her fifteen-year-old world?
“Dear Future Dani” – Advice to My Leading YA Character in RISING STAR
If I were to write a letter to my young adult novel's character, Dani Truehart, it would probably sound a lot like the letter I would write to my fifteen-year-old self. Sure I was never a super-talented young woman on the brink of a high-powered singing career, but...
Why YA?
I often get asked why I chose to write a young adult series? After all, my young adult days are far behind me. Shouldn’t I write books for people my own age? First of all, I read young adult fiction all the time as do many adults I know. A...
What’s the Price of Fame?
Introducing the New YA Novel from Debut Young Adult Fiction Author Michele Kwasniewski In the first book in THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART series, RISING STAR, fifteen-year-old Dani Truehart is living a life that is not quite her own. Driven by...