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Mariko Turk grew up in Pennsylvania and studied creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She went on to get her PhD in English from the University of Florida with a concentration in children’s literature. She now lives in Colorado with her husband and daughter.

Her debut novel, The Other Side of Perfect, was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2022 pick. Her next YA novel, I'll Be Waiting for You, won the Colorado Book Award for young adult fiction. Her third book for teens, The Museum of Modern Love, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection.

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The Other Side of Perfect

4.12 avg rating — 2,043 ratings — published 2021 — 19 editions
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I'll Be Waiting for You

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“We cried because doing something brave didn’t always make you feel brave. We cried because fixing things was hard, and change was slow. We cried for all the ways that loving something with your whole heart can also break it at the same time.”
― Mariko Turk, The Other Side of Perfect

“Dreams didn't follow logical, step-by-step patterns. They swirled, never taking you down a straight path.”
― Mariko Turk, The Other Side of Perfect

“Not everything is so broken it has to stay that way, Alina. Some things, you can fix.”
― Mariko Turk, The Other Side of Perfect
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