Teen Author Stefan Koski Interviewed and Featured at BooksoftheYear.com

BooksoftheYear.com recently interviewed teen author Stefan Koski about his first book, "Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years." Topics ranged from cursing, to Buddha, to the reactions of his fellow students, many of whom were characters in his book.

Koski, a seventeen-year-old high school junior, wrote his humorous yet scathing inside look into the teenage mind during his sophomore year of high school. Koski plays devil's advocate to all of those who have said, "high school is one of the best times of your life." His dark humor and sarcastic wit describing the underclassmen years of high school reveal both the best and the worst of what adolescence has to offer. Koski's unabashed realism takes us through a day in the life of a sixteen-year-old - from prison ball to biology. His sharp witticisms delivered with complete disregard to political correctness are what separate Koski's story from other teen angst novels. He has the fearless ability to take issues such as peer pressure and class competition and turn them into a comedic farce.

Jennifer Murray of Bookpleasures.com says, "Koski paints such a vivid imagery that I could almost smell that distinct but yet still unidentifiable smell that always permeated the cafeteria of my high school…thought provoking in a P.J. O'Rourke meets Dave Barry sort of way." James Curtiss of Bookpleasures.com says, "from the smoothness and readability of his style and mechanics, the reader feels that he's just getting started in a long career of dealing with the printed word."

Miscellaneous Philosophy was published by Hats Off Books in February 2005.

ABOUT AUTHOR

Stefan Koski grew up in the small town of Terryville, Connecticut. He spent most of his time during his underclassman years attempting to adapt to the high school lifestyle (without much success). His dark witticism and sarcastic personality were constant companions during the unhealthy period of adjustment, and his longtime efforts to justify his own aberrations and insecurities can be seen throughout his first book, "Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years," which was written and published when he was sixteen.