Cara Lockwood
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Cara Lockwood | |
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Language | English |
Nationality | Texan |
Citizenship | USA |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Genre | Chick lit |
Notable works | I Do (But I Don't) |
Cara Lockwood is an American novelist and the bestselling author of nine novels from Mesquite, Texas.
Career[]
Lockwood's novels identify primarily with the chick lit genre. Her most successful book is I Do (But I Don't), which was made into a starring Denise Richards and Dean Cain and was a USA Today bestseller.[citation needed]
Lockwood also wrote the teen series, updating her favorite classics. Titles include Wuthering High, Scarlet Letterman, and Moby Clique.[1]
The majority of her books have been published by Downtown Press and MTV Books.
Personal life[]
Lockwood graduated from Mesquite High School and University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in English studies.[2]
She is married and lives in Chicago with her kids.
Bibliography[]
Adult novels[]
- Dixieland Sushi
- Pink Slip Party
- I Do (But I Don't)
- In One Year and Out the Other
- I Did (But I Wouldn't Now)
- Every Demon Has His Day
- You Can't Teach An Old Demon New Tricks
- Follow Me (Serial starting 2013)
Young adult novels[]
- Wuthering High (Bard Academy)
- The Scarlet Letterman (2007, Bard Academy Book #2)[3]
- Moby Clique (Bard Academy)
- A Tale of Two Proms (Bard Academy)
References[]
- ^ (10 April 2008). The books: Cara Lockwood's Bard Academy series, Los Angeles Times
- ^ (3 July 2003). Author unveils 1st book: Mesquite High grad draws on wedding experience for story, Dallas Morning News ("The 1991 Mesquite High School graduate - and daughter of school board member Cary Tanamachi - borrowed from her own bridal experience and those of her friends to write her first novel. I Do (But I Don't) was released in early June by Downtown Press, a new imprint of Pocket Books, which is a division of Simon & Schuster.") (subscription required)
- ^ Cara Lockwood (January 2, 2007). "The Scarlet Letterman". Simon and Schuster. MTV Books. ISBN 9781416524908.
External links[]
Categories:
- 21st-century American novelists
- American women novelists
- American chick lit writers
- People from Mesquite, Texas
- Novelists from Texas
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Living people
- 21st-century American women writers
- American novelist, 1970s birth stubs