She does not like scary books or movies, but apparently the books she writes are considered scary by many people. She is represented by Matthew Elblonk of DeFiore and Company and is a member of SCBWI (the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and ITW (International Thriller Writers). Her next publication will be THE BREAKING TIDE, to come from Penguin in 2017. She then published three books with Scholastic, Inc.: MARIE ANTOINETTE, SERIAL KILLER (2013), FAMOUS LAST WORDS (2014), and THE DEAD GIRLS OF HYSTERIA HALL (2015). In 2009, her first book, BAD GIRLS DON’T DIE, was published by Hyperion, followed by two sequels, FROM BAD TO CURSED (2011) and AS DEAD AS IT GETS (2012). Her first brush with publication was in high school, when her article “So You Want to Live On Mars?” was published in Sassy magazine. In her spare time, she enjoys writing, reading, gardening, sewing, cooking, playing board games, and hanging out with her family. After graduating, she studied film at the Florida State University Film School, and then moved to Los Angeles, where she worked in TV development and production for several years, including a long stint producing dog shows for Animal Planet. Katie Alender (rhymes with “calendar,” but spelled differently) grew up in South Florida, where she attended high school at the Palm Beach County School of the Arts, studying Communication Arts. Sometimes even as Katie Alexander. Her official website is. Katie Alender’s name is often misspelled as Katie Alendar. “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” “I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. “There’s more than one answer to all these questions pointing me in a crooked line.” I’m the third of four kids: three girls and one boyĪ Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky by Lewis Carroll Macaroni and cheese, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, steak, mashed potatoes, cookies & milk… pretty much anything that falls under “comfort food” The Little House Series by Laura Ingalls WilderĬharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlĪnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger
What We Do in the Shadows, The Others, Ordinary People, Beauty and the Beast, Pride & Prejudice (A&E), For Richer or Poorer, Three Amigos, Meet Me in St. lang, Jars of Clay, Dolly Parton, The Beatles… a little bit of everything! Indigo Girls, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis, The Eels, The Weepies, Dar Williams, k.d.
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