Catherine Aimes

I was born and grew up in Michigan, but my husband and our two daughters moved to England years ago and that's where we live now. When my girls got to the age when they needed braces I started thinking a lot more about what it had been like for me when I had my braces, and so I started writing about that. I had braces for a long time and I struggled with them a lot, right at that age when teenagers struggle with so many other things too, so I have a lot to write about. My stories aren't completely realistic. Instead I try to embody all the fears and embarrassment (and pleasure!), and all the mixed feelings that having braces can lead to in the exaggerations in my stories. My books are mainly for readers who have already gone through the orthodontic experience and want to read about it again, as well as teens who are dealing with braces. I think they are too mature and confusing for younger readers who are getting braces, though maybe they are helpful to parents who want to understand some of what their children will be going through. Most of my books star the same orthodontist, Dr.Samantha Wrighting. Some of what she does is very unconventional, but I like to think of her as the orthodontist we all would have wanted to have. My books are all published by Intraoral Press. www.intraoralpress.com