Michele Jaffe
Michele Jaffe | |
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| Born | Michele Sharon Jaffe Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Period | 1999–present |
| Genre | historical romance, suspense, young adult |
| Notable works | Bad Kitty |
| Website | |
| www | |
Michele Sharon Jaffe[1][2] (born March 20, 1970)[3][4][5] is an American writer. She has authored novels in several genres, including historical romance, suspense thrillers, and novels for young adults.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Jaffe was born in Los Angeles, California.[3] She is a 1991 graduate of Harvard University, where she earned a B.A. degree.[2] Jaffe worked at the Huntington Library, an educational and research institution in San Marino, California. She returned to Harvard and in 1998 earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature.[6]
Writing career
[edit | edit source]After writing a book on the Renaissance, she decided to foray into fiction, starting with a romance novel set in the Renaissance. The debut novel, The Stargazer, was published in 1999, initiating a four-book saga of historical fiction.
Soon afterward, she left the historical sphere, moving to suspense thrillers such as Lover Boy and Bad Girl in 2003.
She then wrote her first Young Adult book, Bad Kitty, published in January 2006, and the following month, it was named Book of the Month in the Meg Cabot Book Club. The next year, she published Kiss and Tell which was included in the anthology Prom Nights from Hell. In 2008, she wrote Kitty Kitty, the sequel of Bad Kitty, and the same year was published its graphic novel, Catnipped. Her latest YA novel is "Rosebush," which was published on December 7, 2010.
Jaffe is friends with bestselling Young Adult author Meg Cabot; they occasionally blogged advice columns together on Cabot's website. Thus persisted until Jaffe got her own Young Adult website. Now, she writes advice blogs on her own site more frequently.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Jaffe is divorced, and living in NYC.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Historical Novels
[edit | edit source]Arboretti Family Saga Series (Romance)
[edit | edit source]- The Stargazer - 1999
- The Water Nymph - 2000
- Lady Killer/Secret Admirer - 2002
Contemporary Thrillers of suspense
[edit | edit source]- Lover Boy - 2004
- Bad Girl - 2003
Young adult novels
[edit | edit source]Bad Kitty Series
[edit | edit source]- Bad Kitty - 2006
- Kitty Kitty - 2008
Single Novels
[edit | edit source]- Rosebush - 2010
- Ghost Flower - 2012
- Minders - 2014
Omnibus in Collaboration
[edit | edit source]- Prom Nights from Hell - 2007 (Exterminator's Daughter by Meg Cabot, Madison Avery and the Dim Reaper by Kim Harrison, Kiss and Tell by Michele Jaffe, Hell on Earth by Stephenie Meyer and The Corsage by Lauren Myracle)[7]
Graphic novels
[edit | edit source]Bad Kitty Series
[edit | edit source]- Catnipped - 2008
Nonfiction
[edit | edit source]Story of O: Prostitutes and Other Good For Nothings in the Renaissance - 1999
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External links
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- Living people
- 1970 births
- Harvard University alumni
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American romantic fiction writers
- American mystery writers
- American thriller writers
- American children's writers
- American women children's writers
- American women romantic fiction writers
- American women mystery writers
- American women thriller writers
- 20th-century American women novelists
- 21st-century American women novelists