Alyssa Sheinmel

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Alyssa Sheinmel is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels for young adults, including A Danger to Herself and Others, The Castle School for Troubled Girls, and Faceless. The upmarket thriller Such Sheltered Lives is her adult debut.

Alyssa’s books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. In a starred review, School Library Journal called A Danger to Herself and Others “a thrilling page-turner and worthy choice for high school libraries.” Faceless was a New York Public Library Best Books for Teens, and was nominated for the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults. What Kind of Girl was a Texas TAYSHAS Reading List Selection, as well as a Kansas National Education Reading Circle Recommended List Selection and a Baker & Taylor Teen Book Club selection.

Alyssa grew up in Northern California and New York, and currently lives and writes in New York.