Katharine McGee is from Houston, Texas. She studied English and French literature at Princeton and has an MBA from Stanford. It was during her years living in a second-floor apartment in New York City that she kept daydreaming about skyscrapers . . . and then she started writing. She now lives in Philadelphia. The Thousandth Floor is her first novel and The Dazzling Heights her second.
"Katharine McGee's vision of glamorous twenty-second century teens
makes for an addictive and compelling read that left me longing for
the second installment!" -- Alyson No�l, #1 New York Times
bestselling Author"Twenty-second century Gossip Girl-like fun. Sexy
and engrossing!" -- Melissa de la Cruz, #1 New York Times
Bestselling Author"An unparalleled mash-up of romance, mystery, and
science fiction unlike anything I've read before. Katharine McGee
gives the speculative fiction genre a much-needed make-over with a
novel that's as glamorous as it is fiercely intelligent." -- Kass
Morgan, New York Times bestselling author of The 100"A gleaming
future where a dirty secret still has pull on any human heart." --
Anna Godbersen, New York Times bestselling author of The
Luxe"Compelling and imaginative - I loved everything from the
fascinating vision of the future to the scandalous lives of the
characters." -- Amy Tintera, author of Ruined"A confident debut,
replete with romance, jealousy, and enticing future fashions and
tech, McGee's story delivers more than enough drama and excitement
to hook readers and leave them anticipating the next book in the
trilogy." -- Publishers Weekly"A clever construction, readers who
love uncovering scandalous secrets will find themselves staying up
late. This is a towering debut." -- Booklist"This will be gobbled
up by fans of "Gossip Girl". An excellent hook and familiar tropes
make this title a likely hit." -- School Library Journal"McGee has
done her work in world building and character development to make a
juicy, memorable future that readers will want to revisit." --
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"The luxe lives of
Manhattan's elite are even more extraordinary in Katharine McGee's
futuristic, highly addictive page-turner. The Thousandth Floor will
give you vertigo and leave you eager for more." -- Cecily von
Ziegesar, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gossip Girl
"We couldn't put this one down." -- The Skimm"An intricate and
action-packed page-turner... readers will enjoy the schadenfreude
of a truly hellish high-school environment in a future driven by
technology, for better and for worse." -- ALA Booklist
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