Jessie Minassian Has 3 Big Answers for Teen Girls

Beauty, crushes, love, family, body image—for teen girls, these touch on core identity issues.

When Minassian first spoke to teen girls—400 of them—she could see how eager they were to talk about topics that no one was talking about from a moral, female perspective. Courtesy of Jessie Minassian

Jessie Minassian writes books for teen girls, but unlike most authors, sometimes her readers start their encounters with, “Well, my mom/grandma bought me this book.”

“But after the first couple of pages, I was really drawn in by your stories,” they'll say. “It felt like I was sitting down with you and talking about life.”