Kasie West

Writes contemporary romance for teenagers that stays warm and low-stakes on purpose, which is harder to sustain than crisis-driven fiction.

The Distance Between Us pairs a girl who works in her mother's doll shop with a boy whose family owns car dealerships, and money is the actual obstacle. P.S. I Like You runs on anonymous notes left on a school desk. West publishes quickly, keeps the conflicts solvable, and is one of the reliable recommendations for readers who want the genre without grief attached.