Carrie Pilby

Carrie Pilby is a coming-of-age novel by Caren Lissner, first published by Red Dress Ink in 2003, then re-released on July 1, 2010 for teenage readers under the new imprint Harlequin Teen. It was among the first novels published by Harlequin Enterprises's Red Dress Ink imprint.

In its first incarnation, Carrie Pilby was noted in various newspaper articles as one of the smarter and more original novels in the genre.^[1] It proved successful, selling more than 50,000 copies. Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times referred to the novel as "hilarious" in an August 10, 2003 story.^[2] After the chick lit market became saturated, Harlequin stopped publishing novels under the Red Dress Ink imprint in 2009, but Carrie Pilby was selected to be re-published on July 1, 2010 as one of the first books in the new Harlequin Teen line for teenagers. It was republished with a new cover for teens and some of the technology referred to in the novel was slightly modernized (Carrie was now renting DVDs instead of videos). The novel was released in France on June 1, 2010 as one of the first four titles released under the French Harlequin imprint for teens, Darkiss.

^ Ward, Alyson (August 13, 2003). "Five good chick lit titles"^{[permanent dead link]}. The Miami Herald. "Disguised as chick lit, critics say, but is something much better."
^ Genzlinger, Neil (August 1, 2003). "Jersey Road Signs and Random Profundities". The New York Times. "... her hilarious new novel, Carrie Pilby, has a main character who attended Harvard..."

[1] Ward, Alyson (August 13, 2003). "Five good chick lit titles"^{[permanent dead link]}. The Miami Herald. "Disguised as chick lit, critics say, but is something much better."

[2] Genzlinger, Neil (August 1, 2003). "Jersey Road Signs and Random Profundities". The New York Times. "... her hilarious new novel, Carrie Pilby, has a main character who attended Harvard..."

[1]

[2]