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Leila Sales

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in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The United States

April 20, 1984

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Leila Sales was born in 1984 and grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in psychology in 2006. Now she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works in the mostly glamorous world of children's book publishing. Leila spends most of her time thinking about sleeping, kittens, dance parties, and stories that she wants to write.

***Please note that I do not respond to messages sent to me via Goodreads mail. I love hearing from readers, but would ask you to email me at leila@leilasales.com, or tweet at me @LeilaSalesBooks. Thank you! ...more

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	This Song Will Save Your Life 3.90 avg rating — 27,197 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Past Perfect 3.69 avg rating — 5,952 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tonight the Streets Are Ours 3.41 avg rating — 4,253 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mostly Good Girls 3.49 avg rating — 1,595 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Was a Time 4.09 avg rating — 1,325 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say 3.33 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Museum of Lost and Found by Leila Sales (Goodreads Author), Jacqueline Li (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Campaign by Leila Sales (Goodreads Author), Kim Balacuit (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Kids on Earth Mad Libs: World's Greatest Word Game 4.61 avg rating — 62 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Made Uranium!: And Other True Stories from the University of Chicago's Extraordinary Scavenger Hunt 4.50 avg rating — 46 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sometimes people think they know you. They know a few facts about you, and they piece you together in a way that makes sense to them. And if you don't know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right. But the truth is, that isn't you. That isn't you at all.”
― Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

tags: truth

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“Well, you can't have heartbreak without love," Dan pointed out. "If your heart was really broken, then at least you know you really loved him.”
― Leila Sales, Past Perfect

tags: heartbreak, heartbroken

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“That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.”
― Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

tags: life

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Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

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This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

4 votes, 16.7%

The F- It List by Julie Halpern

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Jane, the Fox and Me by Fanny Britt

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Witch's Brew by Holly Warriner

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“She was different and the same, and I had known her insofar as you can really know anyone, which is to say not much.”
― Bennett Madison, September Girls

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“You are the ever-expanding universe to me”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

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“Nothing
would be
easier without
you,
because you
are
everything,
all of it-
sprinkles, quarks, giant
donuts, eggs sunny-side up-
you
are the ever-expanding
universe
to me.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

tags: love, poetry, universe

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“I promise to always turn back toward you.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

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“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: sleep

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message 3: by Dani ~all things end~

Apr 01, 2015 03:02AM

I loved This Song Will Save Your Life!
PLease write a sequel!!!!!!!!!

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message 2: by L

Sep 25, 2013 12:01AM

Dear Leila,
Thank you so much for acepting my friendship request here on Goodreads. I am delighted to have won a copy of your novel " This Song will Save your Life" (through a first-read giveaway), and i really look forward to reading and reviewing it.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x

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message 1: by Tara

Oct 04, 2012 04:21PM

Thank you for accepting my friend request:)
Loved your book, Mostly Good Girls!

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