The make-up artist-to-be and the superstar

Fifteen-year-old Stella is an average girl who dreams about two things: a career as a make-up artist, and... falling in love. You got it, Love with a capital L. While her friends are seasoned kissers, and some even have a steady boyfriend, Stella still has to meet the one who can trigger fantasies of fairytale happy-ever-afters. When her best friend Charlie wins a competition in her favourite magazine to meet the singers from UP!, her favourite British boy band, Charlie invites Stella to join her. Stella has no idea that her life is about to be shaken to the core.

To Stella's amazement, Alexander, the lead singer who sends thousands of girls into a faint at every concert, seems to be more than interested in her... and Stella’s body lets her know that the feeling is mutual. But after they meet she’s left with the feeling that she imagined it all and that she was probably nothing more than Alexander’s ‘flavour of the day’. She figures it’s best to put him out of her head. Then Stella gets a call from UP!'s record company, asking if she’ll take care of the band’s make-up during their next concert.

Stella tries to keep her cool, but it’s not easy, especially now that her best friend seems to be more than chumming it with Ronan, another member of the band... the dangerous one.

Sylvia Van Driessche is an award-winning, bestselling author. She began her career conducting interviews with music and film stars for a popular European magazine (including Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, Johnny Depp etc.). When asked to write a novel for young people, the inspiration for a male protagonist came to her instantly: Harry Styles and his One Direction bandmates. As a journalist, she witnessed many meet and greets between fans and idols, so she decided to follow the rule: write about what you know. Between The Stars (Tussen De Sterren) was an instant success and became the first novel of a bestselling series of five about the budding love between a famous singer and an ambitious make-up artist. Between The Stars,the first novel of the series, is finally translated in English.