Melissa de la Cruz explained

Birth Date:September 7, 1971
Birth Place:Manila, Philippines
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:American
Genre:Young adult fiction
Language:English
Years Active:1996–present
Notableworks:Blue Bloods, Witches of East End
Children:1
Spouse:Michael Johnston
Alma Mater:Columbia University

Melissa de la Cruz (born September 7, 1971) is a Filipina-American writer known for young adult fiction. Her young-adult series include Au Pairs, the Blue Bloods, and The Beauchamp Family.

Early life and education

Melissa de la Cruz was born in Manila, Philippines and says that she has wanted to be an author since she was eleven years old.[1]

She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 13, in 1985,[2] and they settled in San Francisco, where she graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. She went on to study art history and English at Columbia University in New York City.[3] [4] After graduation she worked as a computer consultant.[5]

Personal life

De la Cruz is married to Michael Johnston, another writer,[6] [7] with whom she co-wrote the Heart of Dread series.They and their daughter live in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California.[8] [9]

Career

De La Cruz wrote her first full-length novel at 22 while living in New York City and working at Bankers Trust. That novel ultimately did not sell, but an editor at Little, Brown suggested she become a journalist to work on her professional writing credits. She started working freelance and published her first essay in New York Press in 1996. She also worked as a beauty and fashion editor until she sold her debut novel, The Cat's Meow, in 1998. De la Cruz has published articles in periodicals including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Teen Vogue, and Harper's Magazine.[10] After publication of her debut novel in 2001, and layoff from the U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley, she pursued writing full-time.

Work as a fashion writer for Marie Claire was the inspiration for How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less (2003) by de la Cruz and Karen Robinovitz.[11]

Work as a nanny and visits to The Hamptons formed the background for the 2004 to 2007 series The Au Pairs.[12] De la Cruz has also written original novels for Disney's Descendants franchise, with the first published in 2015.

Series

Works

Au Pairs

  1. The Au Pairs (2004)
  2. Skinny Dipping (2005)
  3. Sun-Kissed (2006)
  4. Crazy Hot (2007)

The Ashleys

  1. There's a New Name in School ... (2008)
  2. Jealous? You Know You Are ... (2008)
  3. Birthday Vicious (2008)
  4. Lipgloss Jungle (2008)

Heart of Dread[16]
De la Cruz and her husband Michael Johnston wrote the Heart of Dread trilogy together.

  1. Frozen (2013)
  2. Stolen (2014)
  3. Golden (2016)

The Ring and the Crown[17]

  1. The Ring and the Crown (2014)
  2. The Lily and the Cross (2017)

Disney Descendants[18]
The Isle of the Lost novels are one series of print books in the Descendants franchise inaugurated by the 2015 Disney musical fantasy TV film Descendants

  1. The Isle of the Lost (2015)
  2. Return to the Isle of the Lost (2016)
  3. Rise of the Isle of the Lost (2017)
  4. Escape from the Isle of the Lost (2019)
  5. Beyond the Isle of the Lost (2024)

Alex & Eliza

  1. Alex and Eliza (2017)
  2. Love & War (2018)
  3. All for One (2019)

29

  1. 29 Dates (2019)
  2. 29 Boyfriends (2019)

Never After[19]

  1. The Thirteenth Fairy (2020)
  2. The Stolen Slippers (2022)
  3. "The Broken Mirror" (2022)
  4. "The Missing Sword" (2023)

The Queen's Assassin[20]

  1. The Queen's Assassin (2020)
  2. The Queen's Secret (2021)

Blue Bloods universe[21]

Blue Bloods

  1. Blue Bloods (2006)
  2. Masquerade (2007)
  3. Revelations (2008)
  4. The Van Alen Legacy (2009)
  5. Misguided Angel (2010)
  6. Bloody Valentine (2010)
  7. Lost in Time (2011)
  8. Gates of Paradise (2013)

The Beauchamp Family

  1. Witches of East End (2011)
  2. Serpent's Kiss (2012)
  3. Winds of Salem (2013)
  4. Triple Moon (2015)
  5. Double Eclipse (2016)

Wolf Pact

Wolf Pact was first published October to December 2012 as four ebooks entitled Wolf Pact: Part One of Four and so on, followed by a paperback first edition of the whole.[23]

The New Blue Bloods Coven

  1. Vampires of Manhattan (2014)
  2. White Nights (2017)

Stand-alone novels

[27]

Short stories

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Author Interview: Melissa de la Cruz. Sharon . November 9, 2017 . Shaz's Book Blog (shazsbookblog.blogspot.com) . 2019-07-08.
  2. News: Q & A with Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston . Publishers Weekly . publishersweekly.com . 2019-07-08 . August 1, 2013 . Werris, Wendy.
  3. New York, Volume 34, 2001, p. 14. Via Google Books.
  4. http://melissa-delacruz.com/index.php/info/about "About Melissa"
  5. Web site: Author Interview: Melissa de la Cruz on Blue Bloods . September 25, 2007 . Cynsations: Celebrating Children's & Young Adult Literature . CynthiaLeitichSmith.com . en-US . 2019-07-08.
  6. Web site: Mel's Shopping Diary: I Wanna Be Sedated . Melissa-delacruz.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515112239/http://melissa-delacruz.com/index.php/diary/entry/i_wanna_be_sedated/. 2012-05-15 . dead . 2015-02-02.
  7. News: Q & A with Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston . Publishers Weekly . publishersweekly.com . 2015-02-02.
  8. Web site: About Melissa . Melissa-delacruz.com . 2015-02-02.
  9. Web site: About Melissa . Melissa-delacruz.com . en-US . 2019-07-08.
  10. http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/author/melissa_de_la_cruz "Melissa de la Cruz"
  11. Critchell, Samantha (July 27, 2003). "Fashion Followers Write The Book On Achieving Fame", Tuscaloosa News, p. 4E. Via Google News. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  12. Jacobson, Aileen (June 2, 2004). "Teen chick lit finds a niche, often with racy prose". St. Louis Post Dispatch via Newsday (nl.newsbank.com). Retrieved 2010-10-03. (Quote: "Melissa de la Cruz has been a nanny and she's been to the Hamptons She combined the two experiences to help her write The Au Pairs a chick lit novel ...").
  13. Olson, Amy (February 10, 2009). "Blue Bloods" (Review of audiobook edition), School Library Journal.
  14. Web site: Lifetime Orders 'The Secret Lives Of Wives', 'Witches Of East End' Pilots. The Deadline Team. Deadline . deadline.com . July 19, 2012 . 2015-02-02.
  15. Web site: Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz – Penguin Books USA. us.penguingroup.com. 2015-02-02. 2013-12-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20131225065856/http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780399257544,00.html. dead.
  16. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?35010 "Series: Heart of Dread"
  17. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?48356 "Series: The Ring and the Crown"
  18. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?38864 "Series: The Descendants Universe (Disney)"
  19. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?61209 "Series: Never After"
  20. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?57416 "Series: The Queen's Assassin"
  21. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?32742 "Series: Blue Blooks Universe"
  22. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1135559 "Title: Keys to the Repository"
  23. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?32743 "Series: Wolf Pact"
  24. News: Green. Penelope. Love and Ruin. The New York Times. November 14, 2004 . 2012-11-03.
  25. Web site: 29 Dates . New York Journal of Books. nyjournalofbooks.com . Judy. Clemens. n.d. .
  26. Web site: Gotham High Introduces an Asian-American Bruce Wayne. CBR.com. Ian. Cardona. April 8, 2020 .
  27. https://lccn.loc.gov/2021059936 A secret princess
  28. News: Parks. Joy. Dishing on straight girls and their gay boyfriends. SF Gate . SFgate.com . June 3, 2007 . 2012-11-03.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Melissa de la Cruz".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.