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Melody Maysonet has been an English teacher, editor, columnist, and ghostwriter. A self-proclaimed geek, she loves reading fantasy but prefers writing edgy, real-world fiction—as evidenced by her first novel, A WORK OF ART, which won the 2016 Hoffer Award for best fiction and was named a Best Book of 2015 by YA Books Central. Melody lives in Coconut Creek, Florida, with her husband, son, and two cats. Visit Melody's website at www.melodymaysonet.com, or follow her on Facebook or Twitter. ...more

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Only I had salmon. That was the meal I chose for the Abitz Family Dinner to honor the award winners of the 2024 Florida Book Awards in Tallhassee. What We Wish For, a book I spent years writing and revising, a book whose main character is largely based on me, won the Gold Medal for the Young Adult Fiction category. This is something I dreamed might happen for my first b

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The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1)

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