Estelle Maskame

Estelle Maskame (born 1997) is a Scottish writer of young adult fiction.

Estelle Maskame
Born1997 (age 25–26)
NationalityScottish
GenreYoung adult fiction
Website
estellemaskame.com

Early life

Maskame grew up in Peterhead, Scotland and lives there with her family.[1]

She was writing full-length novels by the age of 11, and when she was 13 started posting her work online.[2] She published Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY) on Wattpad and promoted it on Twitter; it had over 4 million hits.[3]

Writing career

Maskame's first novel, Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY), was published by Black & White Publishing in 2015 when she was aged 17. It was followed by Did I Mention I Need You? (2015), Did I Mention I Miss You? (2016), and Just Don't Mention It (2018), then Did I Mention it's 10 Years Later? (2019) on the tenth anniversary of the first (online) publication. She wrote two stand-alone novels, Dare to Fall (2017) and The Wrong Side of Kai (2019), before her Mila Trilogy of Becoming Mila,[4] Trusting Blake, and The Making of Mila and Blake.

The DIMILY series has sold over 1.5 million copies and rights to its translations have been sold to 19 territories.[5]

Maskame's first new adult novel, Somewhere in the Sunset, is to be published in April 2024.[6]

Awards

Maskame won the 2016 Arts award of the Young Scot Awards[7] and was shortlisted for the Romantic Young Adult Novel of the Year Award.[2]

The Young Women's Movement named her as one of its "30 under 30" in 2016: this annual list comprises "30 women & non-binary people in Scotland, making changes in their community or wider society".[8]

Publications

Standalone novels
  • Dare to Fall. Black and White Publishing. 2017. ISBN 9781785301087.[9]
  • The Wrong Side of Kai. Black & White Publishing. 2019. ISBN 9781785302480.

DIMILY series
  1. Did I Mention I Love You?. Black & White Publishing. 2015.[10][11]
  2. Did I Mention I Need You?. Black & White Publishing. 2015.
  3. Did I Mention I Miss You?. Black & White Publishing. 2016.
  4. Just Don't Mention It. Ink Road. 2018.[12][13]
  5. Did I Mention it's 10 Years Later?. Black & White Publishing. 2019.

The Mila trilogy
  1. Becoming Mila. Black & White Publishing. 2021. ISBN 9781785303326.[2]
  2. Trusting Blake. Ink Road. 2021. ISBN 9781785303630.
  3. The Making of Mila and Blake. Ink Road. 2022. ISBN 9781785303777.

References
  1. "Estelle Maskame". Black & White Publishing. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. "Scottish Author Highlights: Estelle Maskame". Scottish Books International. 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. Maskame, Estelle (25 June 2015). "Estelle Maskame: how social media made me a publishing sensation". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. "Becoming Mila: Tale of young romance that rises far above the ordinary". The National. 30 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. "Author: Estelle Maskame". Scottish Book Trust. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  6. Brown, Lauren (23 August 2023). "Ink Road seizes Maskame's 'sizzling' New Adult debut". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. Greenaway, Heather (1 May 2016). "Young Scot overcomes illness to raise £100,000 to help others". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. "30 Under 30: 2016-2022" (PDF). The Young Women's Movement. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. "Dare to Fall". Kirkus Reviews. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  10. "Did I Mention I Love You? by Estelle Maskame". Publishers Weekly. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  11. La Porta, Bernice (1 December 2015). "Did I Mention I Love You?". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. "Just Don't Mention It". Kirkus Reviews. 9 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  13. Struecker, Natalie. "Just Don't Mention It". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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