SNEAK PEAK OF THE SECOND BOOK!
My next book, Fat Hoochie Prom Queen, will be released by Simon Pulse on May 6, 2008. It's kind of like a prom book, but with beer funnels, seven-foot-tall drag queens, super-swank penthouses, deep-fried turkeys, and a spunky eighteen-year-old girl named Madge Diaz who you'll totally want to have dress you by the end of the book. Click here to read Chapter 1 >
Click here for Part 1 of Chapter 2 >

POP ROCKS! RELEASE PARTY
Every Thursday, Spin Cycle NYC puts on an all-pop-music gay dance party called Pop Rocks! When I approached them in early 2007 with the idea of throwing a Straight Road to Kylie release party, they were all for it. And so it was decided. May 24th, book giveaways, and TWO STRAIGHT HOURS OF ALL-KYLIE MUSIC!!!! Read more >

This guy took Kylie for Syrian food and clubbing.

This awesome girl asked to be my #1 Fan, so she got some goodies...and made a collage! :-)

THE STRAIGHT ROAD TO KYLIE

Life is fabulous for Jonathan Parish. He's seventeen, out and proud, and ready to party through his senior year with his posse of best girlfriends. But the year starts off with the wrong kind of bang when Jonathan—in an inebriated lapse of judgment—sleeps with a friend of his . . . a girlfriend!

When word gets around that hot-but-previously-unavailable Jonathan might be on the market, the school's It girl approaches him with a proposal: pretend to be her boyfriend, and achieve popularity like he's never known. But popularity isn't what Jonathan wants. And suddenly, going back into the closet becomes Jonathan's only way to get what he's after—a trip to see his favorite pop star, Kylie Minogue.

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INTERVIEWS

Q: What was your inspiration for the book?
A: I'd been thinking for a few years before writing the book how weird and unique a place Orlando is to live and grow up, so I'd been wanting to write a book that described that accurately, which I think it does... Read the full interview at TodaysTeenOnline.com >

Q: If you could only tell your readers one thing
about the story that had to convince us to buy the book, what would it be?
A: Well . . . projectile
vomiting while dressed in drag happens at one point. And if THAT doesn’t sell it, I don’t know what will... Read the full interview at TeensReadToo.com >

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REVIEWS

"Best friends, booze, bodaciousness and bitch-slaps are the name of the game in this hilarious, full-on twist on the mistaken-identities
conundrum. . . . Averaging at least a half-dozen yuks per page, Medina's first offering packs slick, Gossip-Girl-Goes-to-Orlando language stylings with realistic yet over-the-top situations that should have teen readers—gay or straight—doing the locomotion for more."
Kirkus Reviews
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"Hits on a perfect blend of snark and pop-culture references to give The Straight Road to Kylie a fresh, funny perspective. . . . A smart, savvy coming-of-age story. . . ."
Orlando Sentinel
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"I can't get this book outta my head."
Rachel Cohn, best-selling author of Gingerbread and Cupcake.

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FAN REVIEWS

"Your book is awesome, but not regular awesome—it's like Steve-O then go to a rave and then take a body shot from a super hot girl whose jealous boyfriend is staring you down awesome!"
—Anthony, 17
 
"I just wanted to let you know that by likening the effect of alcohol to being dropkicked by a ninja on crack, you have just entered the realm of herodom for me. Yes. Herodom. Good job."
—Flinn, 20

"It kept me so entertained and absolutely on the edge of my seat. I was even fretting in the middle of the book for Jon (don't tell anyone I told you, but I cheated and read the last chapter to ease my distressed
soul -] )."
—Dana, 14

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