Violet in Private by Melissa Walker

VIOLET IN PRIVATE
(a Violet novel)

by Melissa Walker

Young Adult
Berkley Trade
www.MelissaCWalker.com


We're giving away 2 signed copies on November 14th, 2008.





Synopsis:

It's time to join the real world...if someone will just tell me where that is.

I know I'm supposed to be Violet Greenfield the fresh-faced runway model, a cultured and worldly nineteen-year-old with super-high confindence because I've done fashion weeks internationally. But the truth is, modeling hasn't raised my self-esteem all that much. And now that I'm finally headed to college, I'm afraid I'll turn back into that girl who blended into the walls all throughout high school...

Vassar is just a two-hour train ride from New York City, so technically I could keep working. But I'd rather accept an editorial internship at Teen Fashionista. It's a chance to be appreciated for something besides my height and weight! My friends in fashion think I'm crazy to stop modeling, but my best friend Roger is all in favor of it. Of course, things have been weird between us ever since we kissed - and now he's got a new girlfriend. So I guess the question is:

If I'm not "Violet on the Runway" anymore, who exactly am I?

Praise for the Violet series:

“Melissa Walker creates fiction couture ––unique and beautiful.”
—Ally Carter, bestselling author of I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You

“A story for any girl who ever wondered what it would be like to have your wildest dreams come true.”
—New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen





1) Your main character, Violet Greenfield is a drop-dead gorgeous model and yet still so likable and sympathetic. Did you consciously do anything while writing the novels to accomplish such a difficult feat?

It was really important to me that Violet be a real person with real insecurities, real friends and real ups and downs. The glitz of the fashion world goes a long way as a setting, but without a real character in the middle, the book would get super boring fast!

2) Violet's life sounds pretty glam. What's the most glamorous thing you've ever done?

I still think Fashion Week is the most glamorous thing I get to take part in—going to a show or two each season is always a bit of fantasy fun for me. I also once got to go to Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, so that was probably my glamour pinnacle.

3) Violet in Private is the third book in the series. How many more do you have planned? What's in store for Violet after this?

There are just these three books in the series. I’d like to write more, but it’s all up to my publisher!

4) Are you a Mac or a PC?

I’m a Mac, even though I’ve had bad luck with my latest MacBook. I’m still buying another one! This time, with AppleCare.

5) In your opinion who is the greatest writer of all time?

Whoa—waaay too difficult a question to answer! I suppose I’ll have to say Harper Lee, because I’ve read all (one) of her books, To Kill A Mockingbird, and it was fabulous.

About the Author:

Melissa Walker is a writer who has worked as ELLEgirl Features Editor and Seventeen Prom Editor. All in the name of journalism, she has spent 24 hours with male models and attended an elite finishing school for girls in New Zealand, among other hardships. Melissa lives in Brooklyn and has a BA in English from Vassar College. She would tell you her SAT scores too, but, you know, the math part was hard.

For more information about Melissa and the Violet series, please visit: www.melissacwalker.com.