Estelle Maskame Explained

Birth Date:June 1997
Nationality:Scottish
Genre:Young adult fiction
Birth Place:Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Estelle Maskame (born June 1997)[1] is a Scottish writer of young adult fiction.

Early life

Maskame grew up in Peterhead, Scotland [2] and attended Peterhead Academy.[3]

She was writing full-length novels by the age of 11, and when she was 13 started posting her work online.[4] She published Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY) on Wattpad and promoted it on Twitter; it had over 4 million hits.[5]

Writing career

Maskame's first novel, Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY), was published by Black & White Publishing in 2015 when she was aged 17. It was followed by Did I Mention I Need You? (2015), Did I Mention I Miss You? (2016), and Just Don't Mention It (2018), then Did I Mention it's 10 Years Later? (2019) on the tenth anniversary of the first (online) publication. She wrote two stand-alone novels, Dare to Fall (2017) and The Wrong Side of Kai (2019), before her Mila Trilogy of Becoming Mila,[6] Trusting Blake, and The Making of Mila and Blake.

The DIMILY series has sold over 1.5 million copies and rights to its translations have been sold to 19 territories.[7]

Maskame's first new adult novel, Somewhere in the Sunset, is to be published in April 2024.[8]

Awards

Maskame won the 2016 Arts award of the Young Scot Awards[9] and was shortlisted for the Romantic Young Adult Novel of the Year Award.

The Young Women's Movement named her as one of its "30 under 30" in 2016: this annual list comprises "30 women & non-binary people in Scotland, making changes in their community or wider society".[10]

Publications

Standalone novels

DIMILY series

  1. Book: Did I Mention I Love You? . . 2015. [12] [13]
  2. Book: Did I Mention I Need You? . . 2015.
  3. Book: Did I Mention I Miss You? . . 2016.
  4. Book: Just Don't Mention It . Ink Road . 2018. [14] [15]
  5. Book: Did I Mention it's 10 Years Later? . . 2019.

The Mila trilogy

  1. Book: Becoming Mila . . 2021 . 9781785303326.
  2. Book: Trusting Blake . Ink Road . 2021 . 9781785303630.
  3. Book: The Making of Mila and Blake . Ink Road . 2022 . 9781785303777.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estelle Maskame . 2023-11-01 . www.goodreads.com.
  2. Web site: Estelle Maskame . 1 September 2023 . . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902162412/https://blackandwhitepublishing.com/collections/authors-m-estelle-maskame . live .
  3. News: Teenage best-selling author reveals plans for new book . 1 November 2023 . The Herald . 19 December 2016 . en.
  4. Web site: 7 December 2020 . Scottish Author Highlights: Estelle Maskame . 1 September 2023 . Scottish Books International . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902162453/https://scottishbooksinternational.org/scottish-author-highlights-estelle-maskame/ . live .
  5. News: Maskame . Estelle . 25 June 2015 . Estelle Maskame: how social media made me a publishing sensation . . 1 September 2023 . 16 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316025417/https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/jun/25/dimily-estelle-maskame-twitter-wattpad-social-media . live .
  6. News: Becoming Mila: Tale of young romance that rises far above the ordinary . 1 September 2023 . The National . 30 May 2021 . en . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902162415/https://www.thenational.scot/news/19338352.becoming-mila-tale-young-romance-rises-far-ordinary/ . live .
  7. Web site: Author: Estelle Maskame . 1 September 2023 . Scottish Book Trust . en-gb . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902162438/https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/estelle-maskame . live .
  8. News: Brown . Lauren . 23 August 2023 . Ink Road seizes Maskame's 'sizzling' New Adult debut . En . The Bookseller . 1 September 2023 . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902162418/https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/ink-road-seizes-maskames-sizzling-new-adult-debut . live .
  9. News: Greenaway . Heather . 1 May 2016 . Young Scot overcomes illness to raise £100,000 to help others . en . Daily Record . 1 September 2023 . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902162453/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-scot-awards-2016-schoolgirl-7867195 . live .
  10. Web site: 30 Under 30: 2016-2022 . 1 September 2023 . The Young Women's Movement . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902162417/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6413232bf29ba901ed614415/t/64e4c565fe58fc1058b9e1f4/1692714343537/30+under+30+-+Full+List.pdf . live .
  11. Web site: 16 September 2018 . Dare to Fall . 2 September 2023 . . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902163032/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/like-dislike/2000232580/ . live .
  12. Web site: 9 November 2015 . Did I Mention I Love You? by Estelle Maskame . 2 September 2023 . . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902162958/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781492632153 . live .
  13. Web site: La Porta . Bernice . 1 December 2015 . Did I Mention I Love You? . 2 September 2023 . . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902163431/https://www.slj.com/review/did-i-mention-i-love-you . live .
  14. Web site: 9 September 2019 . Just Don't Mention It . 2 September 2023 . . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902163451/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/like-dislike/2000232580/ . live .
  15. Web site: Struecker . Natalie . Just Don't Mention It . 2 September 2023 . . 2 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902163438/https://www.slj.com/review/just-dont-mention-it . live .

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