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About Kate Pavao
Kate's early jobs in journalism included writing a horror movie review column for her junior high school paper and covering live concerts for the teen section of the Sacramento Bee. After earning a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a master's in journalism at Columbia University, she worked at Entertainment Weekly, Teen People, and ChickClick.com. She also briefly ran a Beverly Hills, 90210 fan site. Currently, she works as a freelance writer and editor, mostly writing about teens and books (she has read about 500 YA titles in the past 10 years, including many "clique lit" books like Gossip Girl). She shares her love of reading with her young daughter, who just started the Harry Potter series.