Brittany Cavallaro

press release: 

A Room of One's Own is delighted to help Brittany Cavallaro launch her debut young adult novel, A Study In Charlotte!

About the Author: Brittany Cavallaro received her BA from Middlebury College and her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was awarded the David and Jean Milofsky Prize in Creative Writing. She was a finalist for the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, and has also been awarded a scholarship from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellowship, and a Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship and a Chancellor's Fellowship from UW-Milwaukee, where she is currently pursuing her PhD. Her book of poems, Girl-King, was published by the University of Akron Press in January 2015. Selected poems have been or will be featured in AGNI, Gettysburg Review, Tin House, and Best New Poets, among others. A Study in Charlotte is her first novel.

About the Novel:

The first book in a witty, suspenseful new trilogy about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This clever page-turner will appeal to fans of Maureen Johnson and Ally Carter.

Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte Holmes; after all, their great-great-great-grandfathers are one of the most infamous pairs in history. But the Holmes family has always been odd, and Charlotte is no exception. She's inherited Sherlock's volatility and some of his vices and when Jamie and Charlotte end up at the same Connecticut boarding school, Charlotte makes it clear she's not looking for friends. But when a student they both have a history with dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance. Danger is mounting and nowhere is safe and the only people they can trust are each other.