Wendy Mass

1967

Wendy Mass is the *New York Times* bestselling author of thirty-one novels for young people (which have been translated into 32 languages and nominated for 92 state book awards), her first was ***A Mango-Shaped Space*** (which was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award by the American Library Association), followed by ***Leap Day***, the ***Twice Upon a Time*** fairy tale series, ***Every Soul a Star***, ***The Willow Falls*** series (that began with ***11 Birthdays****)*, ***Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall***, ***Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life*** (which was made into a feature film), ***The Candymakers*** series and ***Pi in the Sky***. Her latest books are ***Bob*** (co-written with [Rebecca Stead](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2675876A)) and two early reader series called ***Space Taxi*** (co-written with [Michael Brawer](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3459309A)), and ***Time Jumpers***. Wendy wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show *Monk*, entitled “Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre,” which aired during the show’s second season. She was named the New Jersey Association of School Librarian’s 2018 Author of the Year. Odd hobbies include geocaching, virtual reality, and magic tricks. She lives with her family in northwest New Jersey. ([Source](https://wendymass.com/about-me/))

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