Click for five quick videos for parents of tweens as well as a bio and resume (Oprah, Today Show, Yale Phi Beta Kappa key). Newsweek dubbed me a Teen Dear Abby, Private and Personal just came out in Namibia, and besides my 12 books, I've had 28 letters in The New York Times. You can reach me at carol@carolweston.com. (If you're a girl seeking advice, the shorter your email, the faster I'll answer.)

My novels?

The Diary of Melanie Martin (Knopf, $5.50) is about a 10-year-old who goes to Italy. She tells her brother Matt the Brat to get lost -- then panics when he does! Vanity Fair calls Melanie "irrepressible" and School Library Journal says it's "laugh-out-loud funny." Also in the series: Melanie Martin Goes Dutch, With Love From Spain, Melanie in Manhattan.

I'm now working on...

a funny diary-novel about a word nerd with a passion for palindromes, Ava Wren and Her Magic Pen. Also: a YA novel, a picturebook, and my first parenting book. I'm always scheduling school visits--e.g. at Marymount in NYC on May 2. My most popular talks are: 1) Author Visit (for kids), 2) Advice 101 (for teens), and 3) Dealing With the Tricky Stuff (for parents and educators). I share eye-opening letters -- both light-hearted and heartbreaking. Here's an author visit article. At Yale recently, I gave a Master's Tea: Writing for Your Life. And I just found out that this autumn, I'll be the Hannah Judy Gretz Fellow for 2012 at Ragdale Writer's Colony!

What else is here?

Family Photos. (Find the celebs...) My YouTube on Taking Kids to NYC. (Recognize Ernie Anastos's voice?) Quotes. Q & A & Hotlines. Who is Carol Weston? An interview. Favorite fan letters. An essay about my dad. An A.P. article on Malia and Sasha in which I'm quoted. Even a painting of our daughters by Bascove. Links to my other books too: For Girls Only, For Teens Only, Private and Personal, and my "momoir," From Here to Maternity. And finally, a few words for kids who don't like reading. I used to be petrified of big books.

Thanks for visiting!

Please order my books at stores or here. And thanks for joining my Facebook Page above!

xo

Carol (a.k.a. "Dear Carol")

P.S. My husband Rob Ackerman works on Saturday Night Live parody commercials and writes plays including Tabletop, which won a Drama Desk Award, and Call Me Waldo, which is about to open off-Broadway at The Working Theater; and Volleygirls, which is becoming a musical. My Jeopardy-champion brother Mark Weston's books include HONDA: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars, Giants of Japan, and Prophets and Princes.

P.P.S. Put your cursor on Matt the Brat's "nose."