But Owen is funny, charming.and undeniably cute. So she's definitely not expecting to feel a connection to Owen, who's an actual prince of an island off the coast of England. She's excited to be attending a prestigious summer program, even if she feels out of place among her privileged classmates.

Fiercely independent and smart, Zora Emerson wants to change the world. A total Jersey girl at heart, Debbie and her husband live in the Columbus, Ohio area with their preschooler daughter and toddler son in a vibrant home brimming with child safety locks and baby gates.Read Online and Download Truly Madly Royally (Point). For tween girl retail giant Justice, she currently scriptwrites a tween variety show webseries and a magical folktale series.

Book 2 in the HOPE series is coming April 2020.īeyond bylines, Debbie has edited Middle Grade and Children’s stories for publisher Just Us Books, and has been a finalist in Bermuda Music & Dramatic Society’s annual playwright contest. Look out for her upcoming rom-com TRULY MADLY ROYALLY (Scholastic/Point) releasing July 30th! And HOPE: PROJECT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Scholastic), her Middle Grade debut co-written with activist Alyssa Milano, releases October 1, 2019. Her humorous short story “Voila!” is included in the critically-acclaimed book OPEN MIC/Candlewick Press. Debbie’s non-fiction essays have been published in anthologies IT’S ALL LOVE/Broadway Books and DEAR BULLY/HarperTeen. Soon thereafter, romantic comedy PERFECT SHOT/Simon Pulse became her first standalone book. Her first work of Young Adult fiction, the novella “Double Act,” was featured in HALLWAY DIARIES/Kimani Tru. She’s interviewed celebs, politicians, and social figures, but enjoyed interviewing “real” girls the most. (Ha!)ĭebbie began her writing career covering news and entertainment for magazines, including Seventeen, Twist and CosmoGIRL!. But before Debbie could say “Theodore Aloysius Huxtable,” the Rigaud ’rents packed up the fam and headed to East Orange, NJ to break from city living. She now lives with her husband and children in Columbus, Ohio.–from Scholasticĭebbie Rigaud was born in Manhattan to a Haitian immigrant family. The third of four daughters, she’s certain her first greeting into this world was, “A girl…encore?” At the time of her birth, her family lived in Brooklyn. She grew up in East Orange, New Jersey, and started her career writing for entertainment and teen magazines. Debbie Rigaud is the co-author of Alyssa Milano’s Hope series and the author of Truly Madly Royally.

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