Stephanie Morrill

Skylar Hoyt may have vowed to change her partying ways, but it’s not so easy to change her friends. She’s trying hard to live a new life, but her old one is constantly staring her in the face. Add to that two parents battling for her loyalty, a younger sister struggling with a crisis pregnancy, and a new boyfriend wishing for more of her time, and Skylar feels like she can’t win. After all, how do you choose favorites among the people you love most?

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In Stephanie’s Words

Out with the In Crowd is the first sequel I’d ever written, and I was terrified about “doing it wrong.” But once I worked through the first couple chapters and got a feel for this new place Skylar had arrived at-accepting she needed distance from her old life, though still not sure how to achieve that-I was able to relax and have fun.

One of the issues I wanted to address in this book was the difficulty of reinventing yourself amongst those who have known you the longest. Writing about that came very naturally to me. I’ve lived in Kansas City most my life, and many of the people I hang out with now have known me since middle or high school. There are perks, but there are also challenges.

The hardest part of Out with the In Crowd was Abbie’s storyline. At times it felt too big for me to manage, but because it felt that way to Skylar as well, it somehow worked.