Crissa-Jean Chappell

Crissa-Jean Chappell was born in Miami and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her debut,Total Constant Order (HarperTeen) is a NYPL Book For The Teen Age and a VOYA Perfect Ten. Chappell’s second novel, Narc (Flux Books) is optioned for film. More Than Good Enough (Flux Books) is a Florida Book Awards medalist, which Kirkus calls, "compelling and emotionally nuanced." Chappell's newest YA novel is Snowbirds (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers). “…an engrossing mystery,” School Library Journal. Next up: Chappell’s fifth young adult novel, Sun Don’t Shine (Fitzroy Books, spring 2024). She holds a PhD and MFA from the University of Miami and has taught creative writing and cinema studies for over fifteen years. She is currently an adjunct professor at Lehman College. When she misses South Florida, she talks to the parrots in Green-Wood Cemetery.