Almond Brown has no friends in real life . . . but 3.5 million followers online. A heart-felt, whip-smart deep dive into what it would really be like to be internet famous at 17: a cautionary tale for our time from a writer who has grown up with social media.
Almond is forced into the spotlight when she was just a perfectly filtered bump: her mum has been documenting their family through social media since before she was born. And her family enjoy all the rewards that come from that level of influence. Only, it’s not the life Almond would have chosen for herself, and being on a platform all the time has made her anxious and insecure. When the darkest side of the internet begins to haunt her, Almond feels like she’s going to lose everything . . . If only she could see that she has a real-life, too, full of friends and family who love her, and that it could save her.
AMARA SAGE
Amara Sage writes contemporary, own-voice YA fiction that explores issues of body image, mental health, racial identity, and the impact that social media has on all of the above.
After completing her BA in Creative Writing, Amara went on to earn a distinction for her MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University, where she wrote the early drafts of her first novel.
She lives in her hometown of Bristol with her fiancé, Barney, and their two dog-sons, Albert and Desmond. She’s an avid yogi, a vegan home-cook, and practices sustainable living to the point of panic. Amara is also a slightly neglectful (but no less loving) plant mum.
Amara’s debut YA novel, Influential, was published from Faber in January 2023. A heart-felt, whip-smart deep dive into what it would really be like to be internet famous at 17, Influential is a cautionary tale for our time from a writer who has grown up with social media.
