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Melissa de la Cruz

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About Me

Hi! I'm the author of the books The Au Pairs, The Au Pairs: Skinny-Dipping, Cat's Meow, Fresh off the Boat, The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-inch Heels and Faux Pas, and How to become Famous in Two weeks or Less.
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Books:

CALLING ALL "VALLEY GIRLS" COME PARTY WITH ME IN CALABASAS TONIGHT!!!
GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Coming in May! True Tales of Love, Lust and Friendship between Gay Men and Straight Womenedited by Melissa de la Cruz and Tom Dolby
CRAZY HOT - Coming in May! The newest Au Pairs book, fourth in the series!
MASQUERADE - Coming in May! The newest Blue Bloods book, second in the series!
ANGELS ON SUNSET BOULEVARD - Available Now! Hot new thriller series set in Los Angeles!
21 PROMS - Available Now! Anthology of prom stories. Mine is the totally true, sad & hilarious story of my senior prom!
666: THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST - Coming Fall 2007! Anthology of horror stories. Mine is "Shelter Island" about one of our favorite Blue Bloods vampires!
Coming in October 2006 - hot holiday romance stories from me and three of your favorite writers!!
Here's the hot new cover for Au Pairs 3: SUN-KISSED!! Doesn't it look smokin' hot??
Coming in May 2006, BLUE BLOODS, the story of a group of cool New York City kids who discover they are part of an ancient line of vampires.
and my other books .....

My Blog

I’ll be in Florida for a Reading Festival March 15th! Come see me!

I'm going to be at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival!MARCH 15, 2008 Southwest Florida Reading Festival 2345 Union Street Fort Myers, Florida 33901 (239) 461-2900 I will be doing a discussion on t...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:07:00 PST

Mel is going on tour next week!

I'm going on tour! Come out and see me!January 16, 2008 (3:30  5:30 pm)Books & Greetings, Northvale, NJ271 Livingston StreetNorthvale, New Jersey*Aladdin Mix Tour featuring me and several fabulous wr...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:18:00 PST

Happy New Year Blue Bloods Fans!

[I posted this on my website blog but have been so busy I haven't been able to post this on my Myspace blog. Anyway, happy holidays all!]Hey! It's Christmas and it's been a frenzy of over-shopping and...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:09:00 PST

The Ashleys: A Fun, Fast, Amusing Read! A Review by Someone Not Related to me!

I stumbled on the first Ashleys review!! Yeah! From a book review site called "The Page Flipper." Here is the link. I am such a loser always writing "here is the link" to announce the link aren't I?Th...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:43:00 PST

Were here! Were Queer-Friendly! Get Used to It!

I just heard from our publicist that the anthology I co-edited with my dear friend Tom Dolby, GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS, has been named a "Top Ten Non-Fiction Best Queer Book for 2007". YAY!!A...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:59:00 PST

Ashley Li: Pretty or Petty? Or Both?

Author's comment: Here's another excerpt from THE ASHLEYS. I'm so glad so many of you have emailed me to tell me you're excited for this book. I'm excited for you to read it!This book was a hoooot to ...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:21:00 PST

Thanksgiving Miscellany; Meet the leader of The Ashleys!

So it was Black Friday the other day, but so what? Darlings, just like I don't need Halloween as an excuse to dress like a tramp, I don't need Black Friday to shop like a maniac. As devoted readers of...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:18:00 PST

Meet THE ASHLEYS!

So my new series THE ASHLEYS is about four girls who go to the most exclusive all-girls school in San Francisco. Three of the girls in the story are all named Ashley, they're the prettiest and most ...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST

Billion-Dollar Babe; The WGA Strike & My Marriage; Downsizing Handbags

So much shopping and celebrity-sighting has been going on! But since I've been swamped by deadlines I have forgotten to blog about it.First off, there IS a sequel to Masquerade. It is called REVELATIO...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:45:00 PST

The Thick Line Between Love and Hate

It was the baby's first birthday today. Awww. We had a big blowout for her this weekend with tons of lovely family and friends and today we took her to two museums (The Getty and Noah's Ark at the Ski...
Posted by Melissa de la Cruz on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:07:00 PST