About us - Luisa

I love teenage fiction - both writing it and reading it - and especially the more light-hearted kind. I started reading young women's YA fiction way before I was a teenager and I realised in my twenties that I was never going to stop. My dusty Francine Pascal and Judy Blume collection has grown via Katherine Applegate and Mary Hooper to Jaclyn Moriarty, Sarra Manning and Meg Cabot. I love books by these authors and other favourites, including Dyan Sheldon, Hilary Freeman and Kate le Vann. Recent favourites are books by Elizabeth Scott, Simmone Howell and Cath Crowley.

I have a degree in Linguistics, two young children, and a past working in dictionary editing, subtitling and linguistic software development.

I now have a few teen romance novels out in the world, including SPLIT BY A KISS, published by Random House and available here as well as lots of other good bookshops, and EXTREME KISSING, also published by Random House and available here, among other places.

The sequel to SPLIT BY A KISS, called SWAPPED BY A KISS, is out now too. You can buy it here.

My next novel will be published in 2012 and is called KISS, DATE, LOVE, HATE.

See my website for more details.

Comments

[Hannah]

I am still a teenager...quite a young one at that! I'm 14, but i think i will be exactely like you! I dont think i will ever get tired of reading a good book for teenage girl's. Keep reading...Han x :)

[Tayla]

hello luisa today's visit was absolutely amazing, i really enjoyed it. Can't wait to read both your books over the easter holidays. I'll get tanned while i read your awesome books, can't wait to see you again i would really love to write reviews for you THANX FOR THE GREAT SPEECH TODAY THANX love Tayla xxxxx :}

[Luisa Plaja]

Hi Tayla, thank you very much for the lovely comment. It was great to meet you again yesterday too! I hope you enjoy the books. Have a great Easter holiday!

Luisa
xx

[Kate]

Just having a nosey around the site and I felt the need to comment to say...Francine Pascal!! She's taking over my bookcase, 2 shelves worth of Sweet Valley Highs plus more dotted arounf the room that couldn't fit in there!

Anyways, that's about it, I just couldn't help myself.

[Shakira]

Hi Luisa, It's Shakira. I just want to say again, thanks for the books, and I LOVED Extreme Kissing