Kara Thomas Explained

Kara Thomas (born Kara Mustafa, March 21, 1990), is an American author of novels for young adults and television writer best known for her 2018 novel The Cheerleaders.^[1]

Biography

Kara Thomas is an American author of young adult fiction. Raised on Long Island, New York, Kara attended Stony Brook University and graduated with a degree in English.^[2] She wrote Prep School Confidential during her final year at Stony Brook.^[3] In July 2013, she signed a blind-script deal for a television pilot with Warner Bros. TV (Untitled Kara Taylor Project). In August 2013 it was announced that Rashida Jones and Will McCormack are developing Taylor's dramedy The Revengers for the CW, for which Taylor will serve as writer and co-executive producer.^[4]

Thomas currently lives on Long Island with her husband and son.^[5]

Works

As Kara Taylor

• Prep School Confidential (St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, July 30, 2013)^[6]
• Wicked Little Secrets (St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, March 4, 2014)^[7]
• Deadly Little Sins (St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, August 5, 2014)^[8]

As Kara Thomas

• The Darkest Corners, Delacorte Press, 2016,
• Little Monsters, Delacorte Press, 2017,
• The Cheerleaders, Delacorte Press, 2018,
• That Weekend, Delacorte Press, 2021,
• Out Of The Ashes, Thomas & Mercer, 2023,
• Lost to Dune Road, Thomas & Mercer, 2024,
• The Champions, Delacorte Press, 2024,

External links

• Author Website
• Random House Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goodreads page. Goodreads. 4 January 2022.
2. Web site: Kara Thomas: About . 4 January 2022.
3. Web site: Macmillan page. 26 August 2013.
4. News: Goldberg. Leslie. Rashida Jones Developing CW Dramedy With Sister Producing (Exclusive). 26 August 2013. The Hollywood Reporter. 20 August 2013.
5. Web site: Author Website. 4 January 2022.
6. News: Lewis. Andy. THR's Book Deals of the Week: Jesmyn Ward's Follow Up Novel, a Memoir of Young Love and Loss and a 'Gossip Girl' Meets 'Twin Peaks' YA series. 26 August 2013. The Hollywood Reporter. 13 January 2012.
7. Web site: Wicked Little Secrets Goodreads. 26 August 2013.
8. Web site: Deadly Little Sins Goodreads. 15 November 2013.