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Carolyn Mackler

Biography

Carolyn Mackler

Carolyn Mackler is the acclaimed author of the YA novels THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS (A Michael L. Printz Honor Book); THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING AND SO AM I; INFINITE IN BETWEEN; and LOVE AND OTHER FOUR-LETTER WORDS; and the middle-grade novel, BEST FRIEND NEXT DOOR. Carolyn’s award-winning books have appeared on bestseller lists and been translated into more than 25 languages. Carolyn lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. THE WIFE APP is her first adult novel.

Carolyn Mackler

Books by Carolyn Mackler

by Carolyn Mackler - Fiction, Humor, Women's Fiction

Lauren, the mother of twins, stumbles on a dirty secret that explodes her marriage. When Madeline learns that she might lose her child to her ex in England, it stirs up a decades-old personal tragedy. Sophie obsesses over her ex-husband’s Family 2.0 --- all while keeping her true desires hidden, even from herself. It starts as a joke during a tipsy night out, as Lauren, Madeline and Sophie rail against everything wives do for free. Let’s build an app that monetizes the mental load. And maybe get revenge on our exes in the process? Soon the Wife App is born, and before long, it’s the fastest growing start-up in New York City. But then life intervenes. Love intervenes. Ex-husbands intervene. And the consequences are bigger than anything Lauren, Madeline or Sophie could have expected.

by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler - Fiction, Young Adult 14+

When a free AOL CD reveals their futures to them via Facebook --- which hasn’t been invented yet --- estranged childhood friends Josh and Emma learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later.

by Carolyn Mackler - Fiction, Young Adult 14+

Jena, Dakota, Skye and Owen are all at Paradise --- the resort in the Caribbean, that is --- for different reasons, but in Paradise their lives become tangled together in ways none of them can predict. Over the course of four months, through four voices and four stories, what happened in Paradise will change them all.

TANGLED is a story of the secrets we keep, the risks we take, and the things we do for love.