Jessie Hilb

YA Author-CALCULUS OF CHANGE (Clarion/HMH '18). Crossfitter. Mom. Truth-teller. EXCITABLE!!! Represented by @Renee_Nyen

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Thank you @boulderbooks for this amazing display before my reading!! What an honor and my first in store sighting ❤️🙏🏽🦄.@Renee_Nyen

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Who were you told not to be?

The Essence of you https://t.co/h3ouTpS1yO

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@FrogAndGiraffe You are so sweet. Thank you ❤️

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This Saturday's your chance to ask #YAauthors all your burning questions.
Join us for Teen Happy Hour with authors @IngPalmer and @JessieHilb! Moderator by our BookBar #BookWorm Lilliam Lemme! 1/2 off cafe beverages!

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@Missrithenay Sorry about the typo! (Insert face-palm here)

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@Missrithenay What was the most challenging character to write in Samctuary and why? #2K18books

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Come drink, chat, be bookie :) https://t.co/eGUxBmrkHe

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Teen Happy Hour is this Saturday! #YAauthors @IngPalmer & @JessieHilb will be discussing their #books, their lives, and their writing processes. Moderated by our BookBar #BookWorm Lily! 1/2 off all cafe drinks @ 4 PM!

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@jessnpennington What are your tips for writing kissing scenes?! #2K18books

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#2K18Books The Calculus of Change is out now! Find it at your local book store, Target online, Barnes and Noble online, or Amazon https://t.co/Xl5Igb5oIT

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@KT_NRE Great question, thank you! I think looking at religion and spirituality are key to discovering who we are as human beings, whether we're religious or not. So I used it as a way for Aden to discover more of herself and her deceased mother. #2K18books

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@rlynn_solomon <3 thank you @rlynn_solomon ! Lauren Oliver was a game changer for me--her voice is at once lyrical and natural and I can't get enough of her writing. I'm also fully obsessed with Jandy Nelson-@jandynelson. I read and re-read these authors to get better. #2K18books

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@atrueblood5 Love this question, @atrueblood5, thank you! I totally have an Aden-Tate Spotify play list that includes the Shins, Kings of Leon, and some other badass artists. Listened to it over and over again :). #2K18books

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@anewlookonbooks @Missrithenay @Class2K18Books Hell yes to wild!! #2K18books

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@laurenspieller dream...

#2K18books

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@anewlookonbooks @Class2K18Books Bar Harbor is GORGEOUS. #2K18books

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@Class2K18Books Can one road-trip the Grecian isles ;)? #2K18books

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@Missrithenay Thank you! Yes, it's been said that CALC tackles so many "issues." To me it was just writing what it is to be human in the day-to-day. We can't really control all the stuff we're dealing with at any one time. And some times it's a lot and all at once! #2K18books

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@AdrianneFinlay And thank you for the compliment, @adrianneFinlay <3 #2k18books

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@AdrianneFinlay #2k18books Part 2: Seriously though, the feelings of being a teen are really microcosms or maybe macro (because the feels are BIG) of being human. So some of that not-knowing and transition that comes with being a teen is present for me as an adult.

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@AdrianneFinlay Arrested development :)

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@KdeVosAuthor I think writing in the first person helped! The truth is that in real relationships, we can't know what people are experiencing--sometimes even when they share it. So it was fun to play with Aden's head space and her reality. Maybe I'm just a little too similar to her ;)