#Red white and royal blue author series#

#Red white and royal blue author series#

While watching a season of the HBO comedy series Veep and reading both a Hillary Clinton biography by Carl Bernstein, A WOMAN IN CHARGE: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, and The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, McQuiston found themself intrigued by the extravagant, high-profile lifestyle of the royals and wanted to write their own take on a story featuring a royal family. McQuiston first came up with the idea for what would become Red, White & Royal Blue in early 2016 as they followed the 2016 American presidential elections. Red, White & Royal Blue is a contemporary queer romance that follows Alex Claremont-Diaz, a fictional First Son of the U.S., as he develops romantic feelings for Henry, an English prince, following an altercation that forces them to fake a friendship for damage control and PR purposes. Additionally, they were a 2020 recipient of the Alex Awards for their debut book Red, White & Royal Blue. McQuiston is currently represented by Sara Megibow at KT Literary. After their father's death in 2014 and mental health problems in 2015, McQuiston turned to writing as a way to cope. McQuiston has spoken about how ADHD affects their writing, describing the process as 'impulse-driven' with scenes often written nonlinearly. McQuiston has expressed that they write romantic comedies about queer people because they grew up attending a conservative evangelical Christian school, and they want to write books that would have made them feel less isolated as a queer teenager.

McQuiston is queer, non-binary, and uses they/them pronouns. McQuiston previously lived in Fort Collins, Colorado and currently lives in New York City, New York. Prior to publishing their first book, they waited tables, freelanced, and worked extensively in magazine publishing.

They attended Louisiana State University and received a degree in journalism. McQuiston was born on Janu and grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They were included in Time magazine's 2022 Time 100 Next list. McQuiston made their debut in the young adult fiction genre with their book I Kissed Shara Wheeler which was released on May 3, 2022. McQuiston at the 2019 Texas Book FestivalĬasey McQuiston (born January 21, 1991) is an American author of romance novels in the new adult fiction genre, best known for their New York Times best-selling debut novel Red, White & Royal Blue, in which the son of America's first female president falls in love with a prince of England, and sophomore book One Last Stop.