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Thanks for visiting! You can also find me on Facebook to see photos, add my Page to yours, and read not-quite-daily haiku. Five of my twelve books are available on Kindle.

GIRLTALK: Fourth Edition (HarperCollins) is for ages 11 to 18 and is popular around the world. Czech it out! (Cool, right?) "It's kicky, it's fresh, it's fun, it's also serious... GIRLTALK is a winner," says the Columbus Dispatch. Fully revised, GIRLTALK has been in print for 25 years!

Lots of girls know me as "Dear Carol" because of my advice column at Girls' Life. Newsweek dubbed me a Teen Dear Abby. "There are so many dumb advice books out there, it's a pleasure to find one that really works," USA Today wrote about FOR GIRLS ONLY.

My first novel, THE DIARY OF MELANIE MARTIN (Knopf, $5.50) is about a ten-year-old who goes to Italy and keeps telling her brother Matt the Brat to get lost. But uh oh, what if he does? Vanity Fair calls Melanie "irrepressible" and School Library Journal says it's "laugh-out-loud funny." It has sold 70,000 copies! Also in the series: Melanie Martin Goes Dutch, With Love From Spain, Melanie in Manhattan.

Right now I'm very excited about a new YA novel (stay tuned!) and I'm scheduling author visits at schools. I talk about writing (for kids), about what girls and guys reeeeaalllly need to know (for teens), and about how to dealing with tricky issues (for parents). Here's my resume (Yale, Oprah, Today...) and an author visit article. More info in the press room or email me at carol@carolweston.com.

2010 Speaking engagements: Master's Tea at Yale ("Writing for Your Life...") in New Haven, CT. Mar 20: Young Writer's Workshop in Scarsdale, NY. Mar 29: "Getting Through the Tricky Years" in Manchester, VT. Apr 22, 23: Canadian Association of Independent Schools Assistant Heads Conference in Montreal. Apr 25: "Moving Into Fiction" (American Society of Journalists and Authors) in NYC. Apr 30: New York State's School Library Media Specialists in Albany. (Secret: I love librarians!)

What else can you find here? My 21 letters in The New York Times. (They keep track--who knew?) An interview on YouTube. (Click the TV. Recognize the voice? Ernie Anastos!) Quotes. Questions, answers, hotlines. More about moi. Family photos. Three quick videos: Healthy Body Image, How To Get Closer To Your Teen, and Family Travel. An online interview. Favorite fan letters. An A.P. article on Malia and Sasha in which I'm quoted. Even a painting of our daughters by Bascove and an essay about my dear ol' dad. Links to other books: For Teens Only, Private and Personal, and my "momoir," From Here to Maternity. Oh, and a few words for kids who say they don't like reading -- I used to be petrified of big books.

Last thing, if you like my work, please tell friends, teachers, become a Facebook fan, write a review at bn.com or amazon, or give books as gifts. Authors appreciate readers, so THANK YOU!