She has previously published two other books: Her Name in the Sky (2014) and Late to the Party (2020), which, like She Drives Me Crazy, all feature sapphic love stories. This author is an active participant in Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and other communities that aim to support queer people. Quindlen’s books are part of a boom in contemporary Young Adult books featuring LGBTQIA+ protagonists, which normalize queer narratives and LGBTQIA+ identities. These recent publications reinvent conventional tropes by presenting previously heteronormative narratives in such a way that queer experiences are foregrounded thus LGBTQIA+ experiences become recognizable, accessible and, most importantly, enjoyable for an adolescent audience. One of the books that does this impressively this year is She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen. What needs to change for a cishet trope to be applied in a book about LGBTQIA+ characters? For example, how do two characters go from I HATE YOU, to I love you? This is the central question in She Drives Me Crazy (2021) by Kelly Quindlen.
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