Let me first thank HarperTeen; I'm honored to be part of the new site.
I just returned from a week in LA where I'm moving. I'm excited as I've been living in NYC for wa-a-a-a-ay too long and it's wearing me down. I need sunshine!
I met with great people while out there who are working hard at adapting UPPER CLASS for TV. It's a fabulous opportunity so I hope everything gets resolved fast. I hope that doesn't sound too selfish with respect to the strike, but I think it's about time a show or movie depicted boarding school correctly. I love "Dead Poet's Society", "Outside Providence" and "School Ties," but they aren't even close to current.
The aspect of prep school that hasn't changed is the bloody competitiveness. Even if boarding school is a foreign concept to some of you, the people who attend those schools aren't that different. It's the institution that creates bizarre relationships and experiences. Having no parental guidance while being expected to behave as an adult is a catalyst for people to act out, which leads to suspensions, expulsions, and even arrests, for drugs, alcohol, even rape and assault. On the positive side incredible bonds form between friends. I'm still extremely close with many of my boarding school friends. A few teachers actually care about the students beyond the classroom, and there are top-notch athletics and luxurious school grounds.
What do you all think when you hear "boarding school"? I used to think of snobby kids in whale-print pants and Lilly Pulitzer skirts. I wasn't wrong, but there were also diverse and gifted people who attended, too! It was a global community tucked into the ..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 />
I'm off to edit the fourth book, but please shoot me emails and questions. What characters do you all like and what would you all like to know more about? I'd love to report back to my co-authors and the TV guys with some helpful feedback!
I check our MySpace page regularly so please become friends and send us notes whenever you have something on your mind!
Thanks so much for your support for THE UPPER CLASS NOVELS and keep an eye out for book three, OFF CAMPUS in April!
Till next time,
Author of THE UPPER CLASS and MISS EDUCATED.
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