Natasha Friend


Natasha Friend is an American author. Her first three books are the award-winning, young adult novels Perfect, Lush, and Bounce.

Early life and education

Friend was born in a town in upstate New York, to an English professor father and poet/actress mother. She began writing books at the age of nine.
In 1994, Friend received a B.A. in Psychology from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She earned her M.A. in English at Clemson University.
She has taught at the Brearley School in New York City, and Ecole Bilingue-International School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Friend also served as director of the Brimmer and May Summer Camp in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Writing career

Friend's writing has appeared in Family Fun magazine and the book Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul. In 2004, her first book, the young adult fiction novel Perfect, won the Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature.

Books

PERFECT
LUSH
BOUNCE
For Keeps- Parper Back 2019