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NANCY BUTCHERNancy Butcher is the New York Times-bestselling author of novels for kids and teens, including Beauty, the postapocalyptic Fire-us trilogy (co-written with Jennifer Armstrong), and several books for the Olsen twins' Two of a Kind and So Little Time series. Her nonfiction includes It Can't Be Done, Nellie Bly!: A Reporter's Race Around the World. She lives in upstate New York with her husband Jens, their 12-year-old son Christopher, their brand-new daughter (who is due to be born on the Blogfest launch date, March 14!), four cats, and a bunny. FEATURED TITLE Queen Veda of Ran does not believe in growing old gracefully. In fact she will shun anything that makes her look or feel less than the fairest in the land including her daughter, Ana. Luckily Ana has both beauty and intelligence. She realizes the way to remain close to her beloved mother is to make herself ugly. Ana does everything she can to maintain her new disheveled appearance: She doesn't bathe for days, doesn't wash or brush her hair, and bites her nails down to the quick. Her plan works. She has finally won her mother's love. Then Ana realizes all the lovely young girls of Ran are being sent to the prestigious Academy for Girls, including Ana's best friend, Pell. When Ana's told she must go too, she resists. She doesn't want to leave her loving mother. But Ana has no choice. She goes and once there learns how potent a drug beauty can be.
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