Amanda Pellegrino is the author of The Social Climber and Smile and Look Pretty from HarperCollins. Her novels have received starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist, and they were included on countless “best of” and “most anticipated” lists including from The New York Post, Library Journal, Medium, FORTUNE, Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, and more.
Her writing has appeared in Business Insider, Betches, Refinery29, Bustle, Elite Daily, among others. As a television writer, she has worked on shows for CBS, TNT, Netflix, HULU, and Showtime.
She was born and raised in New York City and currently lives in Los Angeles.