When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichâes from "a bad 90s teen movie."
When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichâes from "a bad 90s teen movie."

Ben Philippe is a New York–based writer and screenwriter. He has a bachelor of arts from Columbia University and an MFA in fiction and screenwriting from the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. He teaches screenwriting at Barnard. The Field Guide to the North American Teenager is his debut novel. He can be found online at www.benphilippe.com.