Stephanie Kuehnert got her start writing bad poetry about unrequited love and razor blades in eighth grade. In high school, she discovered punk rock and produced several D.I.Y. feminist zines. She received her MFA in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago and lives in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of Ballads of Surburbia and I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone. Learn more at StephanieKuehnert.com.
"Kuehnert's love of music is apparent on every page in this
powerful and moving story. Her fresh voice makes this novel stand
out in the genre, and she writes as authentically about coming of
age as she does punk rock." -- Charles R. Cross, New York Times
bestselling author of Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt
Cobain
"Teeth. Punk. Combat boots. Attitude. Feminism. Family. Girls with
guitars. Relationships that jack you up. Sharp things of the
not-good kind. Friendships. Love.... It's all here; it's all pure
and real." -- Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of
Ink Exchange
"A fierce and wild ride." -- Laura Wiess, author of Such a Pretty
Girl
"A wonderfully written andevocative story of a mother and daughter
parted by circumstance and joined by music. I heartily recommend
it." -- Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting
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