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Jessica Goodman

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Born
in New York, The United States
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Genre
Young Adult, Thriller, Contemporary

Member Since
March 2019


Jessica Goodman is the New York Times bestselling author of young adult thrillers They Wish they Were Us, They’ll Never Catch Us, The Counselors, and The Legacies.

She is the former op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, and was part of the 2017 team that won a National Magazine Award in personal service. She has also held editorial positions at Entertainment Weekly and HuffPost, and her work has been published in outlets like Glamour, Condé Nast Traveler, The Cut, Elle, Bustle, and Marie Claire.

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Jessica Goodman I have so many, but Megan McCafferty made me want to write YA and Megan Abbott made me fall in love with true crime about teenage girls.
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Jessica Goodman Yes! Summer 2021. Can't wait to share more.…moreYes! Summer 2021. Can't wait to share more.(less)
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Average rating: 3.54 · 76,913 ratings · 10,045 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors
They Wish They Were Us
3.48 avg rating — 37,304 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions
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The Counselors
3.53 avg rating — 17,791 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions
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They'll Never Catch Us
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The Meadowbrook Murders
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“Sometimes it's hard to know which qualities really define you, and which ones have been affixed to you by others so many times that you actually begin to believe them and claim them as your own.”
― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us
tags: influencing-people, mind, socialism
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“Why did the boys have the power? Why did they make the rules while we dealt with the consequences?”
― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us
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“It’s easy to convince yourself of something if you just pretend it’s the truth.”
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