For twenty years, she was the head screenwriter and an executive producer with Dreaming Tree Films on their various teen filmmaking programs and earned Academy Award eligibility ten times during her tenure. Her work includes two anthologies for teens, Defy the Dark and All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages. Saundra Mitchell (Author) Saundra Mitchell is the author of over twenty books for tweens and teens. Is that too much to ask? A glamorous, glitzy super fun read for fans of Dear Evan Hansen and Simon Vs. But all Emma and Alyssa want is to dance together. As the drama queens of New York take over the sleepy town, chaos ensues and the glare of the spotlight is brighter than anyone could have guessed. Suddenly, Edgewater is the centre of a national news story. Then they hear about Emma's plight, and decide to step in and create a prom for everyone. Their new show has bombed, and they're desperate for the applause (and attention) they once had. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, Barry and Dee Dee are fading Broadway stars of yesteryear.

But when their classmates find out, the backlash exceeds Emma's worst nightmares. But she's had enough of high school homophobia, and is determined to take her girlfriend - the popular, closeted It Girl Alyssa- to prom. How big a deal could prom really be? Emma knows better than anyone that Edgewater, Indiana, is not a great place to be gay. The novel of the laugh-out-loud Tony-nominated Broadway musical, now on Netflix starring Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington and Nicole Kidman! They just wanted to dance.

The prom by saundra mitchell