Becca Fitzpatrick is an American

United States

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 author, best known for having written the New York Times

The New York Times

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bestseller, Hush, Hush.

Raised in Centerville, Utah

Centerville, Utah

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, she graduated in April 2001 from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

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 with a degree in Community Health

Community health

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, and went to work as a secretary, teacher, and accountant at an alternative high school in Provo

Provo, Utah

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.

In February 2003, her husband Justin, a native of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 enrolled her in a writing class for her 24th birthday. Fitzpatrick has stated, "On that day, I went from the girl who wrote stories daily in the privacy of her journal, to the girl who wrote stories and shared them with people outside of the worlds in her head. It was also in that class that I started writing Hush, Hush."

Hush, Hush series

1. Hush, Hush
2. Crescendo
   Crescendo (novel)
   Crescendo is a young adult paranormal romance novel by Becca Fitzpatrick. It was first published in 2010 as the sequel to her best-selling novel Hush, Hush. Crescendo spent ten weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list.-Plot summary:...
   
   
3. Silence
4. TBA (set to be released Fall 2012)

Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love

A compilation of 13 short stories written by different authors: Fitzpatrick, Caitlin Kittredge

Caitlin Kittredge

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, Karen Mahoney, Justine Musk

Justine Musk

Justine Musk is the author of BloodAngel, published in 2005 by the ROC imprint of Penguin Books. BloodAngel is a contemporary fantasy novel....

, Daniel Marks, Diana Peterfreund

Diana Peterfreund

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, Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan is an Irish young-adult fantasy author. Her first novel, The Demon's Lexicon, was released June 2009 by Simon & Schuster. Brennan's books are bestsellers in the UK.-Biography:...

, Michelle Rowen, Carrie Ryan

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

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, Maggie Stiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater is a bestselling American author of young-adult/urban fantasy novels. She currently lives in Virginia. She attended Mary Washington College, graduating with a B.A. in history. After graduating, she worked as a portrait artist, specializing in equestrian art.; her art was...

, Rachel Vincent

Rachel Vincent

Rachel Vincent is an American author best known for her Shifters series, a present-day urban fantasy series about a female werecat.-Biography:...

, Daniel Waters

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 and Michelle Zink.