She finds her six-year-old half-sister foul-mouthed rants quite delightful. These latest books may be classified as young adult science fiction.Ī Summary of Gingerbread (Cyd Charisse series) by Rachel CohnĬyd Charisse goes by the moniker “recovering hellion” a name given to her by her benevolent stepfather who believes the name suits her attempts at reform after she is expelled from her boarding school. Being more fantasy/sci-fi focused, the books emphasize more on plot as compared to her previous titles. The first of the books, “Beta” came out in 2012 followed by its sequel “Emergent” in 2014. In 2011, Cohn entered into a book deal that was to see her write four books under Publishers Weekly. Cohn asserts that having the book adapted into film was quite an experience particularly seeing the scenes she had written down come into life on the streets of New York. In 2008, her novel Nick 7 Norah’s Infinite Playlist was adapted into a movie starring Kat Dennings and Michael Cera as Norah and Nick with Peter Sollett as director. Some of the series she has written include the Steps series the Cyd Charisse series, and the Annex series. As a full-time author, Rachel Cohn has published many successful younger children and Young Adult books, three of which she coauthored with David Levithan. In 2002, she moved back to New York and got Gingerbread published in the same year.Ĭohn’s work is in the American young adult fiction genre and typically includes witty yet strong female protagonists such as Cyd Charisse, Wonder Blake, and Annabel. However, instead of undertaking a career in journalism, she moved to San Francisco to work in a law firm and found herself writing her first novel – Gingerbread. She lived most of her life near Washington DC, before leaving at 17 to attend Barnard College in Manhattan, where she majored in political science since she had always wanted to be a journalist.

Rachel Cohn is an American bestselling novelist born in Silver Spring Maryland in 1968.

Gingerbread by rachel cohn