Sarah Mlynowski (born January 4, 1977) is a Canadian writer of middle-grade fiction, young adult novels, and adult fiction. She lives in

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Biography

Sarah Mlynowski is the daughter of the romance writer Elissa Ambrose. Her parents are divorced, and she has one sister, Aviva Mlynowski, and an older stepsister. She graduated with an Honors degree in

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from

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. Later, she moved to

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to work for

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. She used her romance publishing experiences to fuel her first novel ''Milkrun'', which has since been published in 16 countries, selling over 600,000 copies around the globe. After her second novel ''Fishbowl'' was published, she moved to

to write full-time. She is best known for her ''

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'' best-selling series Whatever After. Along with authors Michael Buckley, Julia DeVillers, and Adele Griffin, Mlynowski is a co-founder of OMG BookFest, a book festival geared to middle grade readers. Mlynowski married her husband Todd in 2004, and together they have two daughters, Chloe and Anabelle.

Bibliography

Adult fiction

*''Milkrun'' (2001) *''Fishbowl'' (2002) *''As Seen on TV'' (2003) *''Monkey Business'' (2004) *''Me Vs. Me'' (2006)

Non-fiction

* ''See Jane Write'' (2006) (with Farrin Jacobs)

Young adult

* Magic in Manhattan series *# ''Bras & Broomsticks'' (2005) *# ''Frogs & French Kisses'' (2006) *# ''Spells & Sleeping Bags'' (2007) *# ''Parties & Potions'' (2008) *''How to Be Bad'' (2008) (with E. Lockhart and

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) *''Gimme a Call'' (2010) *''Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have)'' (2011) *''Don't Even Think About It'' (2014) *''Think Twice'' (''Don't Even Think About It'', Book #2) (2016) *''I See London, I See France'' (2017)

Middle grade

* Whatever After series *# ''Fairest of All'' (2012) *# ''If the Shoe Fits'' (2012) *# ''Sink or Swim'' (2013) *# ''Dream On'' (2013) *# ''Bad Hair Day'' (2014) *# ''Cold As Ice'' (2014) *# ''Beauty Queen'' (2015) *# ''Once Upon a Frog'' (2015) *# ''Genie in a Bottle'' (2016) *# ''Sugar and Spice'' (2016) *# ''Abby in Wonderland'' (2017) *# ''Two Peas in a Pod'' (2018) *# ''Seeing Red'' (2018) *# ''Spill the Beans'' (2019) *# ''Abby in Oz'' (2020) *# ''Good As Gold'' (2021) *# ''Just Dance'' (2022) * Upside-Down Magic series (with

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and

) *# ''Upside-Down Magic'' (2015) *# ''Upside-Down Magic: Sticks & Stones'' (2016) *# ''Upside-Down Magic: Showing Off'' (2017) *# ''Upside-Down Magic: Dragon Overnight'' (2018) *# ''Upside-Down Magic: Weather of Not'' (2019) *# ''Upside-Down Magic: The Big Shrink'' (2019) *#''Upside-Down Magic'': ''Hide and Seek'' (2020) *#''Upside-Down Magic'': ''Night Owl'' (2021) * ''The Legends of Greemulax'' (2019) (with Kimmy Schmidt)Kimmy Schmidt's fictional novel, The Legends of Greemulax, is being published for real
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References

External links

* * (2001–2014) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mlynowski, Sarah 1977 births Canadian fantasy writers Canadian romantic fiction writers Canadian writers of young adult literature Canadian women novelists Living people McGill University alumni Women science fiction and fantasy writers Women romantic fiction writers Women writers of young adult literature Writers from Montreal