Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans by Zoe Gaetjens

A warm and funny Australian teen romance for readers who love Nina Kenwood, Jenny Han, Tobias Madden and Becky Albertalli.

Plan for the perfect summer before year 12-

* Do a life-drawing course at the Australian Art School. (Try not to freak out the first time you have to draw a naked man.)
* Find your friends. (Your real ones.)
* First kiss?! (Only if it’s with the right person.)
* Try not to wish your sister were still here. (Impossible!)

A warm and funny novel about finding yourself . . . in a room full of strangers, drawing naked people.

‘A vivid sense of place pulses through this novel with a heartfelt core and a glimpse of how imagination
can illuminate truth and connect us to others.’ Melina Marchetta, bestselling author of Looking for Alibrandi.

About the Author: As a year 11 student, Zoe Gaetjens attended a life drawing workshop where she failed to plan anything significant. She has since traded her charcoal for a laptop and writes books for children and young adults. When Zoe is not writing she works as a high school English teacher. She believes that the books you love as a teenager stay with you forever. Zoe lives just outside of Sydney with her husband and three kids.

05 May 2026
 

Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans by Zoe Gaetjens ISBN 9781761358012