![]() ![]() Life can be draining, and sometimes to recharge-she writes.Īfter college, Carolyn interned at a magazine, took a class on Beginning Your Novel. She misses the wonderment of the teen years. Sometimes, when she's overwhelmed with everyday tasks of life and motherhood, she finds herself humming her song. She played it for the audience: a rock song that was written for her. You can meet a rocker and he can come visit you.Ī few years later, Carolyn received a fedex package. She gave the singer her number, and it was a short-lived whirlwind adventure. "It's not a SCBWI conference if you don't read from your high school journal."Ĭarolyn started her speech with a story from her high school journal, one where she met a Canadian rock band on a plane. Carolyn's novel The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things was one of the most challenged/banned books of the past decade. Carolyn Mackler is the best-selling author of the teen novels, The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, Tangled, Vegan Virgin Valentine, and her most recent novel, The Future of Us which was co-written with best-selling author Jay Asher. ![]()
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