About

Kayla Cagan’s first book, PIPER PERISH received universal praise and starred reviews from ALA Booklist, as well as being an Amazon Bestseller, a Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Month, and made the Indie Next Choice list. PIPER PERISH was also picked as a Spirit of Texas High School Reading Program 2018 selection, a Kansas NEA Reading Circle Catalog selection, and a nominee for the Overdrive Book selection. Her second book, ART BOSS, was called “an engaging portrait of the artist as a young woman” by Kirkus Review, and “an automatic pick-up for fans” by Booklist. Both books were selected for the Quarantine Book Club series in 2020.

Her numerous short plays and monologues have been published by Applause Books and Smith and Kraus are widely contracted and produced nationally in high schools and universities. She has also contributed comics and essays to assorted collections, including Girl Crush Zine, Womanthology, and Unite and Take Over: Stories Inspired by the Smiths.

Cagan currently lives with her husband, the writer Josh A. Cagan, in Los Angeles. She grew up in Houston, Texas and lived 11 years in New York City and Brooklyn.

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