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Charlene Wang '10 was born in Beijing and, after immigrating to the US when she was three, has lived in seven different cities. Graduating with a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law, she worked as a litigator for six years before quitting to pursue her childhood dream of becoming an author. Her debut novel, I'll Follow You, was selected by Mindy Kaling to be published under Mindy's Book Studio, and has been featured in Town & Country, Bustle, CrimeReads and more. She now lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.

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Alexander Chee is the best-selling author of the novels The Queen of the Night and Edinburgh, and the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at The Virginia Quarterly Review. He is the recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2021 United States Artists Fellowship, and awards and fellowships from the Whiting Foundation and the NEA, and residency fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the VCCA, Civitella Ranieri and Amtrak. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and the chair of the Dartmouth Literary Arts Bridge.

About the Book
For two best friends desperate to escape their dead-end town, a viral online persona becomes a dangerous game of control in a twisting psychological thriller about class, power and identity.

Faith and her charismatic best friend, Kayla, always vowed to escape their trailer park together. After their social media persona, Hannah Primrose, goes viral, their fates seem more entwined than ever. But when Faith is accepted into prestigious Harkness College, she must decide whether to keep her promise to Kayla or learn to tell her own story.

By the time Faith arrives on campus, Kayla is no longer speaking with her. Struggling to fit in with her wealthy classmates, Faith reinvents herself, drawing the attention of her enigmatic art history professor. Then Kayla shows up outside her dormitory one night. I need to stay with you.

Having Kayla on campus is thrilling―and dangerous. Posing as a student, Kayla charms everyone she encounters, and soon enough they're posting together again. Hannah Primrose, after all, is perfect for a place like Harkness. But as Faith risks her future for the persona she helped create, she begins to realize that Kayla is playing a deadly game…and it may be too late to regain control of the narrative.