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STEPHANIE PERKINS was born in South Carolina, raised in Arizona and attended universities in San Francisco and Atlanta before settling in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband and cat, Mr Tumnus, in a house where every room is painted a different colour of the rainbow.

Having always worked with books – as a bookseller, librarian, and now as a novelist – Stephanie is most usually found writing at her desk with a cup of tea or coffee, except for at the weekends where she can be found at the movies, waiting for the actors to kiss. (She firmly believes that all novels and films should have more kissing.)

First published in the UK in 2014 by Usborne Publishing Ltd., Usborne House, 83-85 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8RT, England.
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Copyright © 2014 by Stephanie Perkins

Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins. Published by arrangement with Dutton Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Reader’s Group, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company.

Cover photo © Michael Marsh / stocks photography / Getty Images

Cover design of Isla and the Happily Ever After by Lindsey Andrews

Cover photo on Anna and the French Kiss © Toshi Sasaki / Punchstock / Getty Images

Cover photo on Lola and the Boy Next Door © Lee Prince / Shutterstock

Author photograph © Destinee Blau

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This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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