Secrets (Melody Carlson)

“Secrets” is a series of novels by Melody Carlson, the multi-genre author best known for writing young adult fiction. Carlson has sold more than 6.5 million copies of her novels spread over more than 200 titles in the children, women, and young adult genres. While she has written hundreds of novels she loves to think of herself as a storyteller. Carlson likes to write on serious themes such as schizophrenia and rape to lighter themes such as house flipping. For many of her novels, she asserts that most of her inspiration comes from her real-life experiences. While she has written novels in many genres, it is in the young adult/teen genre that she has really come into her own, gaining fans all across the world. For her writings, she has won many prestigious awards over the years including the Gold Medallion, the Rita, and a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Some of her novels including “Shattered” the second novel of the “Secrets” series have been made into film and TV series.