Wendy Mass is the author of nine novels for young people (which have been translated into 12 languages and nominated for 40 state book awards), including A Mango-Shaped Space (which was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award by the American Library Association), Leap Day, the Twice Upon a Time fairy tale series, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life. Her most recent book is Finally. 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 tells people her hobbies are hiking and photography, but really they're collecting candy bar wrappers and searching for buried treasure with her metal detector. She lives with her family in New Jersey.

Interviews

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2009 Interview at Cynsations Blog

Interview—Blog Tour Winter 2008 Read

Interview with A Children’s Literature Blog

For teens who love to read

A Web chat about A Mango-Shaped Space on author Meg Cabot’s website
(Click on Chat Transcripts and scroll down to Wendy’s November 27, 2005 entry)

An interview with myshelf.com