Melissa Walker

A wallflower in the spotlight can do one of two things: wilt, or blossom… Violet Greenfield’s life changes forever when a lady in giant Chanel shades tells her she could be IT, the next Kate Moss-but taller, and without the PR problems. That’s how Violet winds up with a business card in the front pocket of her jeans on her first day as a senior in high school. Angela Blythe from Tryst Models in New York City wants to put Violet on a plane and whisk her into the world of high-heeled boots and oversized sunglasses. Tall, skinny Violet, who’s been P-L-A-I-N practically forever. And guess what? She’s going.

“It’s a hard sell, asking readers to muster sympathy for the congenitally gorgeous whose job it is to wear designer clothes and walk. InViolet on the Runway… Melissa Walker pulls it off.”  — Holly Brubach, The New York Times

“Melissa Walker knows teenage girls. She also knows the body image issues we encounter and face on a daily basis; the struggles to fit in and be normal; and the self-deprecating way that we view ourselves in just about any situation. She knows the self-loathing, and the angst. The joys and the tears. She knows it, and she put every last one of those things in her debut VIOLET ON THE RUNWAY. Violet is a girl who any reader can identify with. Sure, she may be a supermodel, but under all those haute couture clothes and pounds of make-up, she’s a normal girl just like you and me who has experienced the same ups and downs that we go through on a day-to-day basis. Walker has taken the perpetual wallflower, and placed her front and center, making her an inspiration to all those awkward-feeling readers who are convinced that they don’t belong. VIOLET ON THE RUNWAY is a true diamond in the rough that will draw anyone in. Bravo Melissa!” –Erica Sorrocco, California