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About Me

KELLY PARRA is a Mexican-Filipino-Italian writer. Through her teen years, her nationality was many times a guessing game by new acquaintances and today she often writes her multicultural characters with the same experiences. She debuted into young adult fiction with the Latina novel GRAFFITI GIRL, a Latinidad top pick in 2007. Her next novel is the YA contemporary paranormal, INVISIBLE TOUCH, and will be released in the fall of 2008.

Kelly currently lives somewhere in between dreamland and her hometown in Central Coast California. When not pulling her hair while writing her current novel, she likes to play with her abundance of websites and feed a serious television addiction.

Visit her website, www.KellyParra.com .

⇒ GRAFFITI GIRL ⇒

Graffiti art. It's bold. It's thrilling. And it can get a girl into serious trouble...

Raised by her single mom (who's always dating the wrong kind of man) in a struggling California neighborhood, Angel Rodriguez is a headstrong, independent young woman who channels her hopes and dreams for the future into her painting. But when her entry for a community mural doesn't rate, she's heartbroken. Even with winning artist Nathan Ramos--a senior track star and Angel's secret crush--taking a sudden interest in Angel and her art, she's angry and hurt. She's determined to find her own place in the art world, her own way.
⇒ READ MORE
Available at your local bookseller or on-line...
⇒ Amazon, USA
⇒ B & N
⇒ CHECK OUT THE GRAFFITI GIRL VIDEO ⇒

My Interests

HEY THERE, I'M A WRITER OF THE MTV BOOK GRAFFITI GIRL , RELEASED IN MAY 2007. HERE ARE SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT ME...
⇒ Unfortunately, I am not a graffiti artist. I tried the style back in HS, and failed miserably, but I always admired the bold style so I decided to write about a girl graf artist in training. :O)
⇒ I have a background in art and graphic design.
⇒ I interview authors in my Words of an Author column and the YA Fresh blog , and have just launched the new Latina YA blog. Really, I'm not all that busy. Riiiight.
⇒ I'm Mexican, Filipino, Italian. People often try to guess my nationality. "What are you??" is a real ice breaker at parties.
⇒ Remember Otis from Superman? I met him once. Yep, I know his real name, too. :)
⇒ In case you're interested, my next book, titled INVISIBLE TOUCH, will be out in the fall of 2008. It's about a girl, a blog, and her sixth sense...
⇒ I like Snicker bars.

I'd like to meet:

Myspacers who like books or like to write, who like art or like to draw, who are shy like me in person, or who are loud like me in cyberspace. :)

Music:

Fergie, The Fray, Nickelback, Greenday, Pink, Anna Nalick, Daniel Powter, Plain White T's, REM

Movies:

Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman, The Outsiders, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, and The Indiana Jones Films, X-Men films, Die Hard Films, Lethal Weapon Films, Disturbia, Goonies.

Television:

Big Brother, The Real World, and Miami Ink. I also like Gilmore Girls, Charmed, Ghost Whisperer, Jericho, Heroes, Veronica Mars, and NCIS.

Books:

J.D. Robb, Laurell K. Hamilton, Anne Frasier, Janet Evanovich, Fiona Brand, Ann Brashares, Sarah Dessen, Tina Ferraro, Sophie Kinsella, and Wendy Rosnau

My Blog

Book Divas on Graffiti Girl

Book Divas Review on Graffiti Girl ~"There is only one word that can describe this book, and that word is "Amazing". This book could have come from the diary of a teenage girl. With realistic situatio...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:33:00 PST

Third Book

So I've officially written my third book, and my second YA novel. It's a pretty good feeling. To me it means I'm growing as a writer. I may not be perfect--when is anybody?--but I'm learning more wit...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:43:00 PST

Latest Review

Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes!! :)I had a great day, and I was pleasantly surprised to receive a review from Book Chic on Graffiti Girl.I really enjoyed this book. Told in a very raw, ...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:58:00 PST

Win a copy of Graffiti Girl! (Closed)

Haven't read Graffiti Girl yet? Or interested in giving a signed copy away as a gift?Free copy up for grabs at Teen Fiction Cafe! Just comment on my post from now until Thursday evening and I'll pick...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:10:00 PST

Worth It

You guys know, I'm plugging along doing my best to make my latest novel, Invisible Touch, the best I can make it. I know it's different from GG. I mean, it's still me writing, but newbie writers tend...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:26:00 PST

Happy T-Day & New Blog

Everybody's holiday busy, right?Anyone traveling?I'm not, thank goodness.I've finally reached my blog limit with my latest op to join the MTV Books blog, with other great people like Jennifer Echols, ...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:54:00 PST

Check out the Graffiti Girl video

Hey Everyone!I'm excited to introduce the Graffiti Girl video by M2 Productions! :) :) ...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:47:00 PST

New Title

My next YA novel will be out in the fall of 2008. And the new title is...INVISIBLE TOUCH
Posted by Kelly Parra on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:48:00 PST

My Character, Angel--Meezed!

I "Meezed" my Graffiti Girl character Angel! hehe. :)...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:59:00 PST

If you send me a message...

Hi friends, if you send me a message and I'm not your friend, sometimes I can't answer back if your settings restrict non-friends to contact you.So sorry Tootsie Roll, thank you about Graffiti Girl! I...
Posted by Kelly Parra on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:02:00 PST