Aimee Friedman is the author of several young adult novels published by Scholastic Inc., Point and S&S. Her novels South Beach

South Beach (book)

South Beach is a young adult novel by American author Aimee Friedman. It is a New York Times bestseller. The plot concerns two 16-year-old girls from New Jersey: Holly Jacobson, a sporty, reserved young girl, and Alexandria 'Alexa' St Laurent, a popular aspiring photographer with a wild side...

 (2004) (a New York Times bestseller), French Kiss (2005), and Hollywood Hills (2007)and also The Year My Sister Got Lucky (2008) focus on the scandalous adventures of on-again, off-again best friends Holly Jacobson and Alexa St. Laurent. She released Sea Change on June 1, 2009. A Novel Idea (2005) is a romantic comedy about a teenager who starts a book club in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Friedman wrote one of the four stories in the holiday collection Mistletoe (2006), which also features stories by Nina Malkin, Hailey Abbott, and Melissa de la Cruz. Friedman wrote a short story, "Three Fates" for the book 21 Proms. Recently, Friedman has also published, along with artist Christine Norrie

Christine Norrie

Christine Norrie a comic book artist, known for her work on the graphic novel Cheat. Norrie has also worked extensively as an artist and inker on various comic books, including the comic book adaptation of Disney's Spy Kids, and various Oni Press publications, including art for Hopeless Savages and...

, a graphic novel entitled Breaking Up which details the complicated dynamics of Junior year in an arts school in New York.

Aimee Friedman grew up in Queens, New York, attended Bronx High School of Science

Bronx High School of Science

The Bronx High School of Science is a specialized New York City public high school often considered the premier science magnet school in the United States. Founded in 1938, it is now located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx...

, and graduated in 2001 with a BA in English from Vassar College

Vassar College

Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...

. She currently resides in Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

. She went to a dance school with her older sister.

External links

• Profile at Amazon.com
• Aimee Friedman's Website
• Aimee Friedman Author Profile at Scholastic
• Aimee Friedman Author Profile at Point Press
• Aimee Friedman Author interview at BookReviewsAndMore.ca