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Caprice Crane (born 1974 in Hollywood, California) is an American novelist, musician, screenwriter and television writer/producer.

She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of radio announcer/TV interviewer Les Crane and actress Tina Louise. After she graduated from New York University (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts Film School, MTV hired her to write, produce and music supervise game shows, sports shows, music specials and the MTV Video Music Awards.

Her first novel's title, Stupid & Contagious (2006), is taken from the lyrics of the Nirvana song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Her second novel, Forget About It (2007), is being made into a major motion picture at Disney starring Scarlett Johansson. Both her first and second books won Romantic Times Reader's Choice Awards, two years in a row, for the years best Mainstream and Chick Lit novels.

Her third novel, Family Affair was released in October 2009 and her fourth novel will be published in 2011 by Bantam Books/Random House.

She currently resides in Los Angeles where she is a staff writer for both CW's TV shows 90210 and Melrose Place .

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