How To Get The Girl

Kayla Maria

Kayla Maria is a storyteller who has been writing stories, shows, and songs since she was a child. She pivoted to writing novels, and her heartfelt, character-driven YA romances explore growing up, falling in love, and finding yourself, pairing romance with mental health representation that makes readers feel seen. Written when she was a teenager already living with chronic illness and mental health struggles, her debut series, The Summer We Turned Thirteen, was an unexpected hit on Wattpad, inspiring over half a million reads, hundreds of fan art pieces, and a place in nearly fifty middle schools across the USA. Readers fell in love with its nostalgic, summery charm. Her follow-up, How To Get The Girl, is a fake-dating, enemies-to-lovers story that took off on Bookstagram in 2023, amassing millions of views, thousands of TBR adds and ARC signups, and hundreds of fan edits before it was ever published. Her other upcoming stories, including Crosse My Heart and Ever If You Wish, have gathered millions of combined views as well. Devastatingly, writing How To Get The Girl proved to be the most personal and painful journey of her creative life. Her beloved brother passed away while she