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Monica Hesse



Monica Hesse is the author of the young adult historical fiction novel Girl in the Blue Coat, as well as the young adult science fiction novel Stray and its sequel, Burn. She is a feature writer for the Washington Post, where she has covered royal weddings, dog shows, political campaigns, Academy Awards ceremonies, White House state dinners, and some events that felt like a mixture of all of the above. She has talked about these stories, and other things, on NBC, MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, FOX and NPR, and she has been a finalist for a Livingston Award and a James Beard Award. Monica hosts a weekly Washington Post chat, Web Hostess, and she lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and a brainiac dog.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
Series
Stray
   1. Stray (2013)
   2. Burn (2014)
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Novels
   Girl in the Blue Coat (2016)
   The War Outside (2018)
   They Went Left (2020)
   The Brightwood Code (2024)
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