As a kid growing up in Charlottesville, Virginia, Hillary Homzie understood how to build a fort in the woods, read under the covers, and playact complex scenarios involving poisoned acorns and orphans. However, she never mastered good comebacks to bullies or how to be cool in middle school, so she studied what she didn’t know, and now writes about it. Hillary’s humorous books for kids (with plenty of funny comebacks) include the Alien Clones From Outer Space chapter book series, which was developed into an animated television show for ABC Australia. Her books about middle school girl culture include Things Are Gonna Get Ugly, The Hot List, Queen of Likes, and Pumpkin Spice Secrets. Hillary apprenticed comedy by performing sketch in NYC with midnight shows at places like Don’t Tell Mama and Schecky’s Big Fat Cantina. She currently lives in Northern, California with her family. During the summer, she teaches at Hollins University Graduate Program in Children’s Literature. She also blogs for the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors
