Hayley Krischer – författare

A smart, juicy, and page-turning novel about celebrity, fandom, and the price of ambition following a journalist's obsessive search for a missing Hollywood starletWhen Echo Blue, the most famous child star of the nineties, disappears ahead of a highly publicized television appearance on the eve of the millennium, the salacious theories instantly start swirling. Mostly, people assume Echo has gotten herself in trouble after a reckless New Year’s Eve. But Goldie Klein, an ambitious young journalist who also happens to be Echo's biggest fan, knows there must be more to the story. Why, on the eve of her big comeback, would Echo just go missing without a trace?After a year of covering dreary local stories for Manhattan Eye, Goldie is sure this will be her big break. Who better to find Echo Blue, and tell her story the right way, than her? And so, Goldie heads to L.A. to begin a wild search that takes her deep into Echo’s complicated life in which parental strife, friend break ups, rehab stints, and bad romances abound. But the further into Echo’s world Goldie gets, the more she questions her own complicity in the young star’s demise . . . yet she cannot tear herself away from this story, which has now consumed her entirely. Meanwhile, we also hear Echo's side of things from the beginning, showing a young woman who was chewed up and spit out by Hollywood as so many are, and who may have had to pay the ultimate price. As these young women's poignant and unexpected journeys unfold, and eventually meet, Where Are You, Echo Blue? interrogates celebrity culture, the thin line between admiration and obsession, and what it means to tell other peoples’ stories, all while ushering us on an unruly ride to find out what did become of Echo Blue.

The Substance meets Girl in Pieces, in this new YA psychological thriller exploring the dark secrets of the wellness and beauty world, brimming with sapphic romance, class exploration, and friendship clashes.Frances Bean has always been content living life on the perimeter. Until she gets paired up for a class project with rich and popular Julia, daughter of famous wellness guru Deena Patterson. The "magic" skincare products, healing sound baths, and extravagant parties of Deena’s company DEEP never really interested Frances before, who wears the badge of goth outcast and bookworm proudly. But face time with the girl she has been crushing on for years is starting to give her a new outlook. When Frances gets an exclusive invite to a DEEP event, she is blown away by the beauty and luxury of Julia’s world and the group's focus on empowering girls to be their most true selves surprisingly strikes a chord. Before long Frances finds herself invested in DEEP, a whirlwind romance with Julia, and a future that feels hopeful. But when an infamous DEEP party takes a dark turn, Frances wonders if the allure of being a part of Julia’s life was actually just a deadly distraction…

Schockierend, intensiv und ehrlich!Auf welcher Seite stehst du, wenn es nur eine richtige Seite geben kann?Ally ist bis über beide Ohren verliebt in Sean. Als er sie während einer Party anspricht und sie sich näherkommen, sieht sie sich am Ziel ihrer Träume. Doch dann geschieht das Undenkbare: Sean ignoriert ihr »Nein«.Während Ally danach völlig verstört ist, bittet Sean seine beste Freundin Blythe, die Sache wieder »in Ordnung zu bringen«. Tatsächlich ist Blythe bereit, ihm zu helfen. Also sucht sie Allys Nähe, um zu verhindern, dass die Sean anzeigt. Und es scheint, als würde ihre Strategie aufgehen: Ally beginnt ihr zu vertrauen. Doch dann kommen Blythe selbst Zweifel und sie ist immer stärker hin- und hergerissen zwischen ihrer Loyalität gegenüber Sean und ihrem Mitgefühl für Ally.- Ein bewegendes Buch über sexuelle Gewalt, falsche Loyalität und über den Mut, das Schweigen zu brechen - »Voller Wahrheit, Hoffnung und Empowerment – eine Geschichte, die noch lange nachwirkt« Amber Smith