Courtney Preiss
Courtney Preiss was born in Brooklyn and raised in New Jersey off the same Highway 9 Bruce Springsteen sings about on "Born to Run." She graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing. She lives in Asbury Park, NJ with her husband and their rescue dog, Barry. Welcome Home, Caroline Kline is her first novel.
Genres: General Fiction
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Have a Great Summer (2026)
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Girls Our Age (2026)
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"Visceral and emotional, Girls our Age is a monument to the metamorphosis from girlhood to adulthood. In her unflinching debut, Phoebe Thompson renders all the intimate, hilarious, painful nuances that make friendship among girls of any age some of life's most compelling subject matter."
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