Book Signing with Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the co-authors of the best-selling NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST will be at the bookshop at 7:30 to sign copies of their latest collaboration, DASH & LILY'S BOOK OF DARES, a sharp and funny love story that is set against the backdrop of the holiday season in New York City, and begins in its famed bookstore, The Strand.

Rachel Cohn is the author of the critically-acclaimed YA novels Very LeFreak, You Know Where to Find Me, Cupcake, Shrimp, Pop Princess, Gingerbread, and middle grade novel The Steps. A graduate of Barnard College, she lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York. Visit Rachel online at www.rachelcohn.com.

David Levithan is the acclaimed author of many YA novels, including Boy Meets Boy, Love Is the Higher Law, and How They Met, and Other Stories. His debut novel, Boy Meets Boy, was an ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Pick, and the 2004 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Young Adult readers. David is an Editorial Director at Scholastic Trade Publishing. When he is not editing or writing, he is teaching at The New School. Readers can visit David online at www.davidlevithan.com.

Book Description: When Dash finds a red moleskin notebook nestled in the shelves at The Strand, he hardly suspects that what begins as a game (accepting the first dare) could turn into something real. Sixteen year old Lily doesn’t think anything will come of her family’s efforts to keep her occupied over the holidays—and maybe find love—by planting this red notebook on the shelves. Yet in a New York minute, these two polar opposite teens become intertwined as they set off on a city-wide scavenger hunt. Soon the two are not only accepting each other’s dares, but revealing their innermost thoughts through handwritten notes in their shared notebook. Is Dash, a gruff teenaged boy who detests the holidays, the right guy for Lily, the sweet girl who lives for holiday cheer? Will their in-person selves connect with their notebook versions, or are they on the path to total disaster?

Snappy dialogue told in alternating he-said, she-said chapters, DASH & LILY’S BOOK OF DARES is brimming with spontaneity and wit, while sprinkled with just enough romance. Cohn and Levithan will yet again keep readers hooked as they tell the story of a quest to see if true love is all it’s cracked up to be.