Kara Thomas (born Kara Mustafa, March 21, 1990), is an American author of novels for young adults and

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best known for her 2018 novel ''The Cheerleaders''.

Biography

Kara Thomas is an American author of

young adult fiction Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...

. Raised on

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, Kara attended

Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public university, public research university in Stony Brook, New York, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is on ...

and graduated with a degree in English. She wrote ''Prep School Confidential'' during her final year at Stony Brook. In July 2013, she signed a blind-script deal for a

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with Warner Bros. TV (''Untitled Kara Taylor Project''). In August 2013 it was announced that

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and Will McCormack are developing Taylor's dramedy ''The Revengers'' for

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, for which Taylor will serve as writer and co-executive producer. Thomas currently lives on Long Island with her husband and son.

Works

As Kara Taylor

*''Prep School Confidential'' (

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, July 30, 2013) *''Wicked Little Secrets'' (

, March 4, 2014) *''Deadly Little Sins'' (

, August 5, 2014)

As Kara Thomas

*''The Darkest Corners'',

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, April 19 2016, *''Little Monsters'', Delacorte Press, July 25 2017, *''The Cheerleaders'', Delacorte Press, July 31 2018, *''That Weekend'', Delacorte Press, June 29 2021, *''Out Of The Ashes'', Thomas & Mercer, May 1 2023, *''Lost to Dune Road'', Thomas & Mercer, April 16 2024, *''The Champions'', Delacorte Press, August 27 2024,

References

External links

Author Website

Random House Page
American women novelists American young adult novelists American television writers 1990 births Living people American women writers of young adult literature American women television writers 21st-century American women {{US-novelist-1990s-stub