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About Me

Bev Katz Rosenbaum.
Hey, I'm a former fiction and magazine editor, now working as a full time YA writer (yay, me!). My first two YA novels, I Was a Teenage Popsicle and Beyond Cool (in stores now!), feature a cryo-preserved Venice Beach teen who's the world's first 'thawed' human. (Yup, bad idea to make a moody, hormonal teen a guinea pig.) Both were just optioned for TV by Fresh TV Inc., producers of the fabu 'toon 6teen! Beyond Cool was featured in the Books section of the fabu new glossy teen magazine Justine in October '07, and also won a Flamingnet Young Adult Reviews Top Choice Award! Girlslife.com called I Was a Teenage Popsicle 'super cool', and Sarah Mlynowski (author of Bras and Broomstick) said it was "Fresh and fun, an absolute blast!" Popsicle was also mentioned on Meg Cabot's blog, and featured in a book game on seventeen.com. If I've asked to be your friend, it's probably 'cuz I noticed you like some of the same books or movies that I like. I live in the Great White North (i.e. Canada) with my fab family. Come visit my website at www.bevkatzrosenbaum.com, where you'll also find details about my popular manuscript critique service.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Readers and writers- talk to me!

Music:

Nelly Furtado, Coldplay, Wicked soundtrack, Mika, Kelly Clarkson, The Jackson Five, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Feist, Blue Rodeo, Diana Ross and the Supremes, James Taylor, Carole King, Johnny Cash, Beyonce, Fame soundtrack, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Bob Marley, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Chantal Kreviazuk

Movies:

Juno, Mean Girls, Saved, Pride and Prejudice (both versions), Roman Holiday, Ghost World, The Ref, Lost in Translation, After Hours, Metropolitan, That's Entertainment, It's a Wonderful Life, Jerry Maguire, About a Boy, Sixteen Candles, Galaxy Quest, Out of Sight, Heathers, Clueless, Legally Blonde, Dazed and Confused, Clerks, The Princess Bride, Sky High, The Breakfast Club

Television:

Heroes, Gilmore Girls, Futurama, The Simpsons, 6Teen, Rescue Me, Corner Gas, Joan of Arcadia (still mourning its demise), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Friends

Books:

Speak, The Lovely Bones, The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime, Autobiography of a Face, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Thank you for Smoking, Quick Shots of False Hope, My Name is Asher Lev, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Heartburn, Middlemarch, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, Emma, Jame Eyre, Romeo and Juliet, To Die For, The Night the Gods Smiled, The Last Housewife, Thank You For Smoking, One For the Money, Microserfs, THe Mother Zone, Housebroken, Couplehood, Angela's Ashes, The Princess Diaries, Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging, Gingerbread

Heroes:

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My Blog

Don’t Get It Twisted

I hafta tell you about Don't Get It Twisted, the sequel to my buddy Paula Chase's debut novel So Not the Drama. In Twisted, the Del Rio Bay clique deals with dating and cheating (in sports, not on ...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:33:00 PST

THE BIG NEWS (FINALLY)!!!!!

Well, it's signed, sealed and delivered--I have an TV/film option contract for I Was a Teenage Popsicle and Beyond Cool! (Yes, that's me you hear , screaming!) I am beyond thrilled!&...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:25:00 PST

Acne, the Sequel + New Book Rec!

As a teen, I never really suffered from acne. Which was good, because I pretty much had my hands full with my psoriasis. So of course, now that the psoriasis is pretty much under control with an ef...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:15:00 PST

Road trip stories!

So yeah, Orlando was fun in that eerily clean theme park-ish way and Miami was hot and chic, lots of beautiful people, blah, blah, blah, but of course my best stories are from the road! Nothing l...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:45:00 PST

Before I go...

Okay, this is my last myspace blog entry till the second week in January! Before I go, a research question... Are all you teen myspacers on Facebook as well? Do you use the Honesty Box feature--why ...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:23:00 PST

Update, Florida Getaway, and Project 17!

Hey, all, must apologize yet again for another lengthy blog delay. Been dealing with a multitude of family health problems--none of which turned out to be ultra-serious (thank you, whoever's up ther...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:55:00 PST

TV, writing stuff (need your opinions!) and new GCC book!

Hey, guys, sorry for the lengthy blog delay. Was waiting till I had some potentially fantabulous news to share with you but it's still un-definitive...boo. Stay tuned, though! Can share another...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:19:00 PST

Creative inspiration!

Yay--Beyond Cool is written up in the 'just media' section of the glossy new teen mag Justine this month! Check it out if you happen across it on the magazine racks--it's on page 87! Went to see...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:29:00 PST

TV + BC reviews + question for you guys...

Okay, well I think Rescue Me finally lost me. Not only did they kill Tommy's kid a couple seasons back, now they have him thinking about tossing the new kid into the river! And what's the ...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:39:00 PST

Sci-fi Octoberfest!

Hey, guys, I'm part of a sci-fi (even though I'm sort of Sci-fi lite!) roundable at www.gabriellahewitt.com/blog. Every Friday during the month of October, Gabriella has me and a bunch o' other ...
Posted by Bev Katz Rosenbaum on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:24:00 PST