Abby McDonald is a New York Times bestselling British author and screenwriter, who also writes under the pen name Abigail Haas.

Early life

She was born in England and grew up in Sussex, going on to study Politics, Philosophy & Economics at Oxford University. At college, she became music editor of The Oxford Student and completed her first novel.

Career

She has worked as a music journalist and entertainment critic. Her writing has appeared in the New Musical Express, Plan B magazine, CosmoGIRL! and others.

She has written twelve novels.

As well as writing under Abby McDonald and Abigail Haas, she has written as Melody Grace, self-publishing her Beachwood Bay series. The series became a USA Today and international bestseller series before she revealed she was the author. She is also a staff writer for the Netflix series Bridgerton.

Published works

(sources:) Young Adult novels:

  • Sophomore Switch (Candlewick Press - 2009) (published as Life Swap in the UK)
  • Boys, Bears & a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots (Candlewick Press - 2010)
  • The Anti-Prom (Candlewick Press - 2011)
  • Getting Over Garrett Delaney (Candlewick Press - 2012)
  • Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood (Candlewick Press - 2013)
  • Dangerous Boys (Simon & Schuster UK - 2014) (as Abigail Haas)
  • Dangerous Girls (Simon Pulse - 2013) (as Abigail Haas) (republished as 'I'll Never Tell' in 2019)
  • And Then He Kissed Me: an anthology (Avon - 2013)

Adult novels:

TV

104 'An Affair of Honor' (written by) 107 'Oceans Apart' (co-written with Jay Ross)

205 'An Unthinkable Fate' (written by)

Movies

Personal life

In 2009, she lived in Sussex and Montreal. She has lived in London. She currently lives in Los Angeles.[citation needed]

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