Ruby Parker has been acting in the glamorous soap, Kensington Heights, for most of her life. She is stunned when she overhears the script writers discussing whether to kill her character off, or to replace Ruby with a more beautiful actress! She has always felt like the ugly duckling compared to her stunning co-stars, but now more than ever she sees that everyone is disappointed how the cute, chubby dimpled four year old has morphed into a lumpy pimpled fourteen year old. Ruby is feeling more self-conscious than ever, and to top it all off, she discovers sheтАЩs got to have her first screen kiss тАУ with the oh-so-gorgeous Justin de Souza, the soapтАЩs hunk.
What with dealing with fame on a national level, having her first ever kiss in front of cameras and dealing with everyoneтАЩs jealousy at stage school, Ruby doesnтАЩt think things can get any harder. Then her parents give her the most unexpected (and worst) news yet...
Rowan Coleman has been writing books for adults and children since 2002 when she won Company Magazine's тАШYoung Writer of the Year.' Her books for adults include The Times Bestsellers The Accidental Mother and The Baby Group. Rowan is currently writing the Ruby Parker series for girls, featuring child star Ruby Parker who is just like any other thirteen-year-old girlтАУexcept she is famous.
Before becoming a writer, Rowan worked in bookselling and publishing for several years. Rowan lives in Hertfordshire with her husband, young daughter and a standard poodle called Polly.