Camille DeAngelis is the author of several novels for adults--each of them as full of impossible things as The Boy From Tomorrow--as well as a travel guide to Ireland and two more books of nonfiction, Life Without Envy: Ego Management for Creative People and A Bright Clean Mind: Veganism for Creative Transformation. Her young adult novel Bones & All won an Alex Award from the American Library Association in 2016. She lives in Washington, DC.
A 2015 Alex Award Recipient! [DeAngelis] successfully blends metaphor with the macabre...genuinely entertaining...Delicious fun. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A commentary on young women's sexuality, reliance on self, and being about who you are rather than where you came from...This novel is unique, edgy, and not to be missed! --RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars, Top Pick Maren's loneliness makes her a vulnerable and completely believable protagonist...DeAngelis doesn't shy away from Maren's dark nature but manages to keep her sweet...giving us a portrait of a young girl who wants to fit in. --Library Journal DeAngelis's ability to tell an engaging story that draws the reader in makes this quirky read a real page-turner. --New York Journal of Books A powerful story of a young woman learning to embrace her deepest secrets, and her darkest needs. --Chevy Stevens, bestselling author of Still Missing, Never Knowing and Always Watching DeAngelis has invented a fierce new form of human predator. --Alissa Nutting, author of Tampa and Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls A dark and mesmerizing vision of adolescent desire--this book will devour you. --Robin Wasserman, author of The Waking Dark and The Cold Awakening series A spellbinding book full of horrors wrapped in sweetness and longing and finding one's way in the world, or maybe it's the other way around. --Carolyn Turgeon, author of Mermaid A dark and delicious tale full of unexpected twists that will keep readers turning the pages. --John Searles, bestselling author of Help for the Haunted and Strange But True From its opening, grab-you-by-the-gut paragraph to its chilling, perfect ending, I was captivated by the story of Maren Yearly, a character unlike any I've ever encountered before. Bones & All is a riveting, utterly original, and unexpectedly tender exploration of one of the scariest things in the world: growing up. --Elizabeth Little, author of Dear Daughter