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Camille Kellogg is a queer writer based in New York City, where she works as an editor for children's and young adult books. She studied English and creative writing at Middlebury College and attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference on a fiction scholarship. She's passionate about queer stories, cute dogs, and bad puns.
Warm, witty, and wonderful! Readers will be utterly smitten by this clever, queer romance that, at its heart, is about embracing yourself-just as you are. -Alexandria Bellefleur, national bestselling author of Written in the Stars Camille Kellogg's beautifully queer interpretation of a beloved classic is both familiar and fresh, brimming with heart, spice, and humor. -Ashley Herring Blake, author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care This book is like The L Word, but better. The world Camille Kellogg has created is both lighthearted and heartfelt, filled with queer characters of every stripe. I felt like I was being told the juiciest gossip by my closest friends. Just as You Are was just what I needed. -TJ Alexander, author of Chef's Kiss Just as You Are is the queer Pride and Prejudice retelling I've been waiting for! A butch Mr. Darcy and a Lizzy Bennet with millennial angst; a beautifully done found family trope, complex queer characters, and so many meddling friends-it's glorious! Beyond capturing Austen's flawed characters and sparking wit, Kellogg manages to harness the themes. This is a story about assumptions, forgiveness, and finding your own path, and a rom-com that blends my needs for sexual tension and sentimentality. Pick this book up-you will be happy you did! -Alison Cochrun, author of The Charm Offensive Very sweet, very sexy, and tender in all the right ways, Just as You Are is a juicy sapphic romp, steeped in queerness from the first word to the last. -Gabrielle Korn, author of Everybody (Else) Is Perfect Just As You Are is one of the most gloriously queer things I've ever read. Watching Liz messily navigate questions of gender, presentation, and identity was almost painfully relatable (and frequently hilarious), while prickly Daria is a lesbian love interest dreamboat. While their romance is easy to root for, at its heart, this book is a tribute to queer friendships and being young in New York-like if The L Word had been about anxiety-ridden writers in Brooklyn. In other words: a delight. -Anita Kelly, author of Love & Other Disasters A sincere, funny book that successfully uses Jane Austen's characters and plot as a means to explore queer identity, gender expression, and the intersection of admiration and attraction . . . will charm readers looking for a queer spin on Pride and Prejudice and relatable stories about finding one's place in the world. -Library Journal (starred review)
