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Photo Friday: Cover Girls (Sarah Dessen and... Me!)
When my hometown magazine, Chapel Hill, contacted me and Sarah Dessen about doing a joint interview, I thought I might be imagining things. They wanted to feature both of us, as authors from Chapel Hill who write for teens. Which is, pretty much, the biggest honor ever.
Sarah and I had a great time--she's as cool and fun as you'd expect her to be--and the magazine ran a looong story in the January/February issue. Which also happens to have us on the cover! This big photo is from the interior--I just like it better because on the cover I feel like I look ridiculous! And I like that jacket.
Anyway, I'll paste each page of it below... feel free to click to enlarge so you can read details on my 9th grade crush (Yes! They named names!) and Sarah's take on perfectionism and parking lot slacker-dom. We also both talk basketball, of course (though they did cut some of that conversation--I think we each had three or four Carolina basketball stories. It comes with the town.)
Happy Friday!
PS-I know, I know, my scanner isn't what it should be. Sorry about the crookedness and the patchy color! Best I could do.
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Comments (12)
Hey, that's so great, Melissa. Congratulations. And millions of young readers is just genius. You've done it all. (and with such continuing grace)
Posted by Beth Kephart | February 13, 2009 7:19 AM
I think you're one of the coolest people I know, so it's NO WONDER they wanted to feature you and Sarah.
Congratulations!
Posted by Amy | February 13, 2009 9:41 AM
Wow, this is sooo cool!! Huge congrats to you!!
Posted by Alyson Noel | February 13, 2009 11:01 AM
congrats! and you look great, in all the pictures. though you know, you are not supposed to look great and cool; i mean you can write and you also do write and write books that get read and you're standing next to sarah dessen, both smiling, so you see to be fair you are not supposed to be cool and wonderful too! :)
Posted by katayoun | February 13, 2009 11:07 AM
You guys rock. I love the interior photo where you both are holding two fabulous books : D
Posted by Thao | February 13, 2009 11:09 AM
Congratulations! Perfect setting for the cover shoot. :)
Posted by Little Willow | February 13, 2009 2:15 PM
That's awesome! And I love your coat.
Posted by Liviania | February 13, 2009 6:54 PM
Great article! And cute photo, I love your jacket on the first photo you showed! Sooo cool you got to meet Sarah, she seems like a great person!
By the way, I'm reviewing VIOLET right now. I loved it!!!! (:
Posted by Claire | February 13, 2009 7:41 PM
Great stuff, Melissa! And fabulous pic! :) Congrats.
Posted by Keri Mikulski | February 13, 2009 8:02 PM
How cool is that? I love it. Great article! And you look maaaahvelous.
Posted by Linda | February 13, 2009 10:31 PM
That was really nice to read. I honestly didn't know you and Sarah had that connection until now!
Posted by poodle649 | February 15, 2009 12:04 AM
That was great to read :)
And awesome pic.
Posted by Reader Rabbit | February 15, 2009 1:01 AM