Sarah's Bio

I was inspired to write How to Raise Your Parents: A Teen Girl's Survival Guide when I was 16. After coming home late for curfew (again) and fighting with my parents about various forms of punishment, I realized they were as clueless as I was. (This was a major revelation for me!) The idea for the book was born. My second book, BOYOLOGY 101 is being illustrated and is coming out soon, too!

Still a teenager at heart (I love stealing my sisters’ clothes and a good door slam) I now work in book publishing. My thousands of teenage friends on MySpace keep me in the loop on all the latest teen trends and rely on me for solid advice when it comes to dealing with their parents and other life issues.

When I’m not writing or working, you can probably find me at the movies (I’m a total movie addict – especially teen flicks), riding my road bike along the Hudson river, learning to sew, trying (not very well) to cook, and perfecting the art of napping.

In between my day job and working on my next teen book (also coming out from Chronicle Books!), I patrol Manhattan's Upper West Side with my husband on our candy apple red Vespa. We have a pet canary that I’m completely obsessed with (does that make me a crazy bird person?). His name is Avey. He’s very cute and fluffy.

Thing I Love:
(in no particular order)

    * Reading
    * Skiing
    * Riding my road bike along the Hudson
    * Tasti D Lite
    * Riding my Vespa
    * Anything crafty (I'm learning to sew)
    * Travel--Honduras is next on the list
    * Red lipstick
    * Writing
    * Grant
    * Our canary Avey
    * Birds in general
    * Jazz
    * My family
    * Fashion week parties
    * NPR
    * Handbags
    * Salsa (it tastes good on everything!)
    * Audrey Hepburn
    * Fall in New York
    * Spring in Salt Lake City
    * Neil Simon plays
    * Cheap manicures and pedicures
    * The Sunday Styles section
    * Afternoon naps
    * Did I say Grant?
    * Making up my own lyrics to songs
    * Running into old friends
    * Road trips
    * Cafe Lalo
    * Free diet coke refills
    * The mountains
    * The Book Review, ok--the entire Times but only online
    * Capri
    * When Grant makes me dinner
    * That new-book smell
    * Vieques (the bioluminescent bay is amazing!)
    * Humming
    * My niece Abbie Jane
    * My nephew Andrew
    * Pants you don't have to wear belts with
    * Natural light!!
    * Montauk
    * Edward Hopper
    * Decrepit architecture
    * The Great Gatsby
    * Domino magazine
    * Curling up on the couch when it's snowing outside.

Things I Loathe:

    * Dirty snow
    * Ice in my milk
    * Bad hair pieces
    * Negative people
    * Name dropping

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