Diva by Alex Flinn

Diva by Alex Flinn

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Fresh Start

Listening to: Medea (the opera named for the mythological woman who killed her kids just to bug her ex-husband . . . reminds me of my mother!)
Feeling: Anticipation
Weight: 112 lbs.

For most people, the word diva means brilliant, talented, over-the-top, and glamorous. I, however, seemed to be trapped in the not-very-glamorous life of a cheerleader wannabe with serious ex-boyfriend issues and a permanent yo-yo diet. At least until the day I auditioned for Miami High School of the Arts--and got in! All I had to do was convince my mother, the cosmetics salesperson with epically bad taste in clothes and men, that going downtown to hang with the music geeks was a good idea. I had to blackmail her to be able to do it, but I'm here--a diva-in-training--and I'm not so sure I can cut it. Now what?

Alex Flinn is a big fan of fairy tales and the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Beastly, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast that was selected a VOYA Editor's Choice and an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Vanessa Hudgens stars in Beastly, a big motion picture. Alex also created A Kiss in Time, a modern version of Sleeping Beauty; Cloaked, a funny fairy-tale mash-up; Bewitching, a reinvention of fairy-tale staples, including Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea, and The Little Mermaid, all told by Kendra, the witch from Beastly; Towering, a darkly romantic retelling of Rapunzel; and Mirrored, a fresh take Breathing Underwater, Breaking Point, Nothing to Lose, Fade to Black, and Diva are among her other YA novels. Her family and she live in Miami. Alex Flinn's website is www.alexflinn.com.