Estelle Maskame | |
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Born | June 1997 Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Nationality | Scottish |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Website | |
estellemaskame |
Estelle Maskame (born June 1997) [1] is a Scottish writer of young adult fiction.
Maskame grew up in Peterhead, Scotland [2] and attended Peterhead Academy. [3]
She was writing full-length novels by the age of 11, and when she was 13 started posting her work online. [4] She published Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY) on Wattpad and promoted it on Twitter; it had over 4 million hits. [5]
Maskame's first novel, Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY), was published by Black & White Publishing in 2015 when she was aged 17. It was followed by Did I Mention I Need You? (2015), Did I Mention I Miss You? (2016), and Just Don't Mention It (2018), then Did I Mention it's 10 Years Later? (2019) on the tenth anniversary of the first (online) publication. She wrote two stand-alone novels, Dare to Fall (2017) and The Wrong Side of Kai (2019), before her Mila Trilogy of Becoming Mila, [6] Trusting Blake, and The Making of Mila and Blake.
The DIMILY series has sold over 1.5 million copies and rights to its translations have been sold to 19 territories. [7]
Maskame's first new adult novel, Somewhere in the Sunset, is to be published in April 2024. [8]
Maskame won the 2016 Arts award of the Young Scot Awards [9] and was shortlisted for the Romantic Young Adult Novel of the Year Award. [4]
The Young Women's Movement named her as one of its "30 under 30" in 2016: this annual list comprises "30 women & non-binary people in Scotland, making changes in their community or wider society". [10]
Estelle Maskame | |
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Born | June 1997 Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
Nationality | Scottish |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Website | |
estellemaskame |
Estelle Maskame (born June 1997) [1] is a Scottish writer of young adult fiction.
Maskame grew up in Peterhead, Scotland [2] and attended Peterhead Academy. [3]
She was writing full-length novels by the age of 11, and when she was 13 started posting her work online. [4] She published Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY) on Wattpad and promoted it on Twitter; it had over 4 million hits. [5]
Maskame's first novel, Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY), was published by Black & White Publishing in 2015 when she was aged 17. It was followed by Did I Mention I Need You? (2015), Did I Mention I Miss You? (2016), and Just Don't Mention It (2018), then Did I Mention it's 10 Years Later? (2019) on the tenth anniversary of the first (online) publication. She wrote two stand-alone novels, Dare to Fall (2017) and The Wrong Side of Kai (2019), before her Mila Trilogy of Becoming Mila, [6] Trusting Blake, and The Making of Mila and Blake.
The DIMILY series has sold over 1.5 million copies and rights to its translations have been sold to 19 territories. [7]
Maskame's first new adult novel, Somewhere in the Sunset, is to be published in April 2024. [8]
Maskame won the 2016 Arts award of the Young Scot Awards [9] and was shortlisted for the Romantic Young Adult Novel of the Year Award. [4]
The Young Women's Movement named her as one of its "30 under 30" in 2016: this annual list comprises "30 women & non-binary people in Scotland, making changes in their community or wider society". [10]