Post Grad A Novel [Paperback]

What happens when your life doesn't go according to plan?

Ryden Malby had a plan. Step One: do well in high school, thereby achieving Step Two: get a kick-butt college scholarship. Step Three  limit her beer pong in order to keep said scholarship  wasn't always easy. Now that she's finally graduated, it's time for Step Four: moving to LA to land her dream job at the city's best publishing house. So far, Ryden's three-for-three, but she's about to stumble on Step Four&.

When Jessica Bard, Ryden's college nemesisthe prettiest, smartest, most ambitious girl at schoolsteals her perfect job, Ryden's forced to move back to her childhood home in the Valley. Stuck with her eccentric family  a karate-obsessed dad, a politically incorrect grandma, a spoiled-brat little brother  and a growing stack of rejected job applications, Ryden starts to feel like she's going nowhere. The only upside is spending time with her best friend Adamand running into her hot next-door neighbor David. But if Ryden's going to survive life as a post-grad, it may be time to come up with a new plan&

Post Gradwas made into a 2009 motion picture, starring Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Carol Burnett, and Michael Keaton

Emily Cassel is the pseudonym for a writer who lives in Santa Monica, CA, with her bulldog, Percy. She is at work on her next novel.

Adorable. Justine magazine

[An] addicting read... [with] a great set of well rounded characters.... A great read for the summer. Flamingnet.com