[4] Craze showed early chapters of the novel to a book editor Jonathan Burnham and agent Kim Witherspoon.
[2] After moving from New York City to Amherst, Massachusetts to continue writing, Craze sent the first three chapters of By the Shore to Dolce, who gave the manuscript to publisher Grove Atlantic.
[2] It follows the story of May, a 12-year-old girl with a young, self- absorbed mother who struggles with single parenthood, romance, and running a bed and breakfast.
The story takes place two years after By the Shore, and involves May's mother moving herself and her children to an ashram near Los Angeles.
"[6] The Los Angeles Times called it "a deceptively slight, simple, haunting story, a meditation on a disintegrating family.
[3] Book packager Alloy Entertainment approached Craze to write The Last Princess, which she recalled as being enjoyable due to the collaborative nature with "a strict deadline.
It was described by Kirkus Reviews as "Princess Eliza Windsor fights comic-book evil in a post-apocalyptic United Kingdom," and criticized the narrative's rushed pace and lack of character development.
In 2013, Publishers Weekly announced that Soho Teen had bought the North American rights to a YA mystery co-written by Craze and screenwriter Mark Bomback.
[10] Craze was interviewed by Ted Perch on the local television program In Studio by Easthampton Media to promote the book.