Beth Fantaskey

Beth Fantaskey is an American author of children's and young adult fiction.

She attended Shippensburg where she earned an English degree.^[1] She has a Ph.D. in media history from Penn State.^[1] She worked as a speechwriter after college and then became a journalist.^[2]

Her debut novel, Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, sold over 45,000 copies in its first few months of publication.^[3]

She lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.^[2][4] She teaches at Susquehanna University.^[1]

Reception

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side^[5] and Buzz Kill^[6] received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly.

Selected works

• Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. Harcourt, 2009. ISBN 9780152063849^[7][5][8]
• Jekel Loves Hyde. Harcourt, 2010. ISBN 9780152063900^[9][10]
• Jessica Rules the Dark Side. Harcourt, 2012. ISBN 9780547393094^[11][12]
• Buzz Kill. HMH Books, 2014. ISBN 978-0-547-39310-0^[6][13][14]
• Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter. HMH Books, 2016. ISBN 978-0-544-58249-1^[15][16][17]