Almost a Senior

This is the story of the soon to be 17-year-old Loresha Evans, a junior in high school who has just won the election for student body president. She learns from the difficulty of leading a reluctant student council and noncaring student body the importance of patience and diplomacy. Loresha's social status changes and she becomes a member of the school's "in crowd." The price is the loss of her best friend. She experiences her first love, but is he right for her? Loresha's time in office as Major Horris High School's student president brings her face to face with school politics and personal challenges. This is the first book of the Loresha Evans trilogy.

Ms. Brenda Faye Collie, African American novelist, was born in Harlem, New York, in 1951. She began writing in fourth grade and graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1969. She received a BA in theatre from Hampshire College, an MA in theatre arts from the University of Connecticut, and an MFA in playwriting from the University of Iowa. She was a recipient of the Lorraine Hansberry prize for drama in 1980 and has had several of her plays produced. She has also written for television. Almost a Senior is her first novel. She is a member of two drama groups, teaches creative writing, and is a school mentor for the New York City Board of Education. Brenda lives and teaches in New York City.