Cassidy Kay

2008 Golden Heart® winner Kay Cassidy is the author of teen fiction she wishes was based on her real life. Her debut novel, THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY, takes readers behind the veil of a secret society of good populars dedicated to defeating the mean girls of the world. THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY is an April 13, 2010 release from Egmont USA with the sequel, CINDY ON A MISSION, to follow in Spring 2011.

Kay is the founder of the national Great Scavenger Hunt Contest™ reading program and the host of the inspirational Living Your Five™ web project with fellow YA authors Alyson Noel and Tera Lynn Childs. Kay created The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest™ to offer budget-conscious, time-strapped librarians an exciting year-round reading program to encourage a lifelong love of reading in kids and teens. She personally funds the program as part of her Pay It Forward outreach efforts. Kay founded the Living Your Five™ web project as a way to bring people together to make a positive difference in the world.

Kay is a former college cheerleader and sorority alum, an M.B.A. and a member of Mensa. She thinks it’s comical when people are surprised to discover those things aren’t mutually exclusive. In her free time, Kay enjoys yoga, movies, music and reading. Her latest obsession is digital scrapbooking which she loves to do while watching Nascar races and NFL games.