The author i chose to research is Wendy Mass.  She is a New York Times best selling author of twelve novels for young people.  This is a list of some of the books she wrote : A Mango-Shaped Space, Leap Day, the Twice Upon a Time series, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall. Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of life and Finally.  Her most recent books are The Candymakers and 13 Gifts.

Her hobbies include hiking, photography, collecting candy bar wrappers and searching for treasures with her metal detector.  Wendy lives with her family in New Jersey.  She wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk , called " Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater," whitch eired during the shows second seasion.

 I really enjoyed researching her and I love Wendy Mass' books ,

Katie (sorry,i dont know if the picture will work)