We are three friends who graduated from Hotchkiss and are writing a new series of novels on life at a fictional boarding school, called Wellington.
When we were at school, we loved reading boarding school stories or watching boarding school films, evaluating their authenticity. We loved Outside Providence, and Catcher in the Rye for classic portrayals of ennui and mischief and friendship. Igby Goes Down is a dirty, dark facet of some boarding school experiences. Dead Poets Society is a dated romanticized, manic take on the place.
And now, it's our turn to take you behind the ivy walls at a modern day New England boarding school. Like actual elite boarding schools, The Upper Class Novels are a strange animal. They're as snooty as Gossip Girls or Laguna Beach--full of Burberry umbrellas and Ben Silver cufflinks and Chanel nail polish and Adidas sneakers, and as dark as Less Than Zero--stained with whiskey and cigarette smoke, with drops of blood, with sweat. The heroines and heroes screw up, like the girls in Thirteen, or like Holden in Catcher in the Rye, or Igby. They love and hate each other, hurt and heal each other, as they pass across the misty green grounds of Wellington. They get magnificently lost, as lost as Alice in Wonderland as she runs in her white dress through small rooms and deep jungles, past evil queens and grinning cats. And then they get mercifully found, by you.
So, we hope you enjoy our books. We welcome you to evaluate their authenticity and share your comments or even your own high school stories.
Socialite Tinsley Mortimer and fashion designer Richie Rich of Heatherette get Miss Educated
Bridget Helene of The Fashionista Diaries mingles at the Miss Educated party
NYC socialite, Kristian Laliberte, gives Gawker.com the evil eye at the Miss Educated party
Taylor gets some advice on the next book from fellow boarding school alumn, Tinsley. To read the full report, check out the Gawker article in our blog.
"If you need a dose of prep school drama between episodes of Gossip Girl, pick up Miss Educated. The second installment in The Upper Class series chronicles the chaos surrounding an elite boarding school. Meet nerdy–girl Parker and troubled bad–boy Chase as their unlikely friendship blooms. It is boy–meets–girl with an upper–crust attitude." -- TeenVogue
The Upper Class is The New York Times' Book of Style!
June 10, 2007 - The New York Times Sunday Style Section:
"Taking a page from Harry Potter, they turn boarding school into a Hogwarts without magic, though not without dark arts."
"...the writing is lyrical, funny and often touching; and there’s no age limit on the voyeuristic fascination the subject holds."
"Sightings":
June 2, 2007- AMANDA Hearst dancing with Richie Rich at the launch of The Upper Class a salacious story about the secret lives of boarding school kids.
I finially managed to get you book (but it's only the Upper Class since that was the only one that had at the time.) I'm up to chapter 7 and I think the book's really good so far. So I just wanted to stop by and give you guys some kudos =]
Hey yeah! ive already bought like 22 of the in touch weeklys with brad on the front this week! you buy one too! Im in the inside cover sitting on a skateboard for a walmart add! =]
