Carol Weston is the author of The Diary of Melanie Martin, which School Library Journal called “laugh-out-loud funny”; Melanie Martin Goes Dutch, which Vanity Fair called “a quirky kid pleaser”; and With Love from Spain, Melanie Martin, which Booklist said is “another thoroughly enjoyable adventure abroad.” She is the well-known advice columnist of Girls’ Life magazine and the author of For Girls Only, For Teens Only, Private and Personal, and Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You. Carol met her husband in Spain, and they live in Manhattan with two daughters, one cat, one bunny, and one hamster.

Visit www.melaniemartin.com.