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    Dear Teen Me: More Letters from Authors to their Teen Selves
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    We hope you'll be inspired, shocked, amused, and touched by this selection of letters from the DearTeenMe.com website. 'How awesome would it be if authors wrote letters to their teen selves?' A year and a half later, you can pick up DEAR TEEN ME from Zest Books, read more on the website, or just kick back and enjoy the selection we'll be posting here.  Co-curators: E. Kristin Anderson and Priya Chand. The individual letters are property of the contributing authors.  We can't guarantee your head won't explode from the mix of angst and excitement, but you *will* enjoy the ride.
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    • Dear Teen Me: More Letters from Authors to their Teen Selves
    • Dear Teen Me from author & Poet E. Kristin Anderson (DEAR TEEN ME)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Lisa Burstein (PRETTY AMY, DEAR CASSIE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Eric Devine (TAP OUT, DARE ME)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Lisa McMann (The WAKE trilogy, The VISIONS series)
    • Dear Teen Me from Author Karen Amanda Hooper (TANGLED TIDES, DANGEROUS DEPTHS)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Lea Nolan (CONJURE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Sonya Sones (TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, STOP PRETENDING)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Kami Garcia (BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, UNBREAKABLE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Maureen McGowan (DEVIANTS; CINDERELLA, NINJA WARRIOR)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Shaunta Grimes (VIRAL NATION)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Alethea Kontis (ENCHANTED)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Robyn Bavati (DANCER IN THE DARK, PIROUETTE)
    • Dear Teen Me from Wattpad author Erin Latimer (LUCKY, I AM ANASTASIA)
    • Dear Teen Me from author J.J. Johnson (THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING)
    • Dear Teen Me from Wattpad author Emily Lindin (THE UNSLUT PROJECT)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Elisabeth Staab (KING OF DARKNESS)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Steve Watkins (JUVIE, WHAT COMES AFTER)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Ilsa J. Bick (ASHES, DROWNING INSTINCT, WHITE SPACE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Robin Reul (BAND GEEK)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Julie Cross (TEMPEST, VORTEX, LETTERS TO NOWHERE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Alexander London (PROXY)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Rahul Kanakia (DIVERSE ENERGIES)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Erica Lorraine Scheidt (USES FOR BOYS)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Charles Benoit (YOU, COLD CALLS)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Elise Moser (LILY AND TAYLOR)
    • Dear Teen Me from author K.M. Walton (CRACKED, EMPTY)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Tempany Deckert (ITS YR LIFE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Jeanette Larson (HUMMINGBIRDS
    • Dear Teen Me from authorJessica Burkhart (the CANTERWOOD CREST series)
    • Dear Teen Me from author & editor Ben Morse (Marvel Comics)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Fiauna Lund (INDIGO)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Sean Beaudoin (THE INFECTS, WISE YOUNG FOOL)

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    • Dear Teen Me: More Letters from Authors to their Teen Selves
    • Dear Teen Me from author & Poet E. Kristin Anderson (DEAR TEEN ME)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Lisa Burstein (PRETTY AMY, DEAR CASSIE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Eric Devine (TAP OUT, DARE ME)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Lisa McMann (The WAKE trilogy, The VISIONS series)
    • Dear Teen Me from Author Karen Amanda Hooper (TANGLED TIDES, DANGEROUS DEPTHS)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Lea Nolan (CONJURE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Sonya Sones (TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, STOP PRETENDING)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Kami Garcia (BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, UNBREAKABLE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Maureen McGowan (DEVIANTS; CINDERELLA, NINJA WARRIOR)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Shaunta Grimes (VIRAL NATION)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Alethea Kontis (ENCHANTED)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Robyn Bavati (DANCER IN THE DARK, PIROUETTE)
    • Dear Teen Me from Wattpad author Erin Latimer (LUCKY, I AM ANASTASIA)
    • Dear Teen Me from author J.J. Johnson (THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING)
    • Dear Teen Me from Wattpad author Emily Lindin (THE UNSLUT PROJECT)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Elisabeth Staab (KING OF DARKNESS)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Steve Watkins (JUVIE, WHAT COMES AFTER)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Ilsa J. Bick (ASHES, DROWNING INSTINCT, WHITE SPACE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Robin Reul (BAND GEEK)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Julie Cross (TEMPEST, VORTEX, LETTERS TO NOWHERE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Alexander London (PROXY)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Rahul Kanakia (DIVERSE ENERGIES)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Erica Lorraine Scheidt (USES FOR BOYS)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Charles Benoit (YOU, COLD CALLS)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Elise Moser (LILY AND TAYLOR)
    • Dear Teen Me from author K.M. Walton (CRACKED, EMPTY)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Tempany Deckert (ITS YR LIFE)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Jeanette Larson (HUMMINGBIRDS
    • Dear Teen Me from authorJessica Burkhart (the CANTERWOOD CREST series)
    • Dear Teen Me from author & editor Ben Morse (Marvel Comics)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Fiauna Lund (INDIGO)
    • Dear Teen Me from author Sean Beaudoin (THE INFECTS, WISE YOUNG FOOL)
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