Chelsea Pitcher
YA Author
About Chelsea
Chelsea Pitcher is a karaoke-singing, ocean-worshipping Oregonian with a penchant for twisty mysteries. She began gobbling up stories as soon as she could read, and especially enjoys delving into the darker places to see if she can draw out some light.Chelsea is the bestselling author of The S-Word, This Lie Will Kill You, and Lies Like Poison. When she's not writing, she can be found traveling the world, making her own life into a story, and being adopted by cats who choose her.
Chelsea's Books
One year ago, there was a party. At the party, someone died. Five teens all played a part and up until now, no one has told the truth.But tonight, the five survivors arrive at an isolated mansion in the hills, expecting to compete in a contest with a $50,000 grand prize. But of course . . . some things are too good to be true.They realize they’ve been lured together by a revenge seeker who wants to unravel the truth about what actually happened that deadly night, one year ago.Five arrived, but not all can leave.
"Will keep readers on edge from start to finish." Kirkus
The Recipe For the Perfect Murder...Poppy, Lily, and Belladonna would do anything to protect their friend, Raven. When they learn his stepmother is abusing him, they come up with a lethal plan: petals of poppy, belladonna, and lily in her evening tea so she’ll never be able to hurt Raven again. But someone gets cold feet, the plot fades to a secret of the past, and the group falls apart.Three years later, on the eve of Raven’s seventeenth birthday, his stepmother turns up dead. But it’s only belladonna found in her tea, and it’s only Belladonna who’s carted off to jail. Desperate for help, she reaches out to her estranged friends to prove her innocence. They answer the call, but no one is prepared for what comes next.Now, everyone has something to lose and something equally dangerous to hide. And when the tangled web of secrets and betrayal is finally unwound, what lies at its heart will change the group forever.
A twisty, sumptuous dark fairytale of a mystery. LIES LIKE POISON left me breathless.”Kara Thomas, author of THE CHEERLEADERS
First it was SLUT scribbled all over Lizzie Hart’s locker.But one week after Lizzie kills herself, SUICIDE SLUT replaces it—in Lizzie's looping scrawl.Lizzie’s reputation is destroyed when she's caught in bed with her best friend’s boyfriend. With the whole school turned against her, and Angie not speaking to her, Lizzie takes her own life. But someone isn’t letting her go quietly.As graffiti and photocopies of Lizzie’s diary plaster the school, Angie begins a relentless investigation into who, exactly, made Lizzie feel she didn’t deserve to keep living. And while she claims she wants to punish Lizzie’s tormentors, Angie's anguish over abandoning her best friend will drive her deep into the dark, twisted side of Verity High—and she might not be able to pull herself back out.
"Pitcher explores the consequences of bullying and social stigmatizing with swagger in this noirish mystery." Publishers Weekly
