Susan Juby
@thejuby
Susan Juby has written a number of acclaimed novels for teenagers and adults, including the bestselling Alice, I Think, a Rolling Stone Best Top 40 Novel and the first of her Alice MacLeod trilogy, which was made into a successful television series. She is also the author of a memoir, Nice Recovery, and the adult comic novel The Woefield Poultry Collective and its sequel, Republic of Dirt: Return to Woefield. Juby lives with her husband and their dog in Nanaimo.
The Fashion Committee
Charlie Dean is a style-obsessed girl who eats, sleeps, and breathes fashion. John Thomas-Smith is a boy who forges metal sculptures in his garage and couldn’t care less about clothes. Both are gunning for a scholarship to the private art high school that could make all their dreams come true. Told in the alternating voices of Charlie’s and John’s fashion journals, which they’re required to keep for the contest, this hilarious tale perfectly captures what it’s like to have an artistic passion so fierce that nothing can stand in your way.