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Eileen Cook
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Eileen Cook

Eileen Cook spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. She is the author of The Almost Truth, Unraveling Isobel, The Education of Hailey Kendrick, Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood,... Read full bio

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Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
A. Warm homemade bread fresh out of the oven. mmmm carbs....
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My life in 8 words: "How do people do this?! I keep making a list and then changing it. My life is quiet and chaotic, safe and risky, lonely and crowded--it all depends. I think I will take the wimpy way out and say I am too complex to summed up in 8 words."
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Used to Be will be released on July 24, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
about 8 hours ago
The Almost Truth will be released on December 04, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
about 8 hours ago
Unraveling Isobel will be released on October 30, 2012 in Trade Paperback
May 18, 2012
Feb 03, 2012
Unraveling Isobel will be released on January 03, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
Unraveling Isobel is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 03, 2012
The Education of Hailey Kendrick will be released on December 20, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Dec 20, 2011
The Education of Hailey Kendrick is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 20, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Unraveling Isobel
Dec 03, 2011
Gnome Invasion will be released on August 16, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Aug 16, 2011
Gnome Invasion is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Aug 16, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Gnome Invasion
Aug 04, 2011
Wishes for Beginners will be released on June 14, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Jun 14, 2011
Wishes for Beginners is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Jun 14, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Wishes for Beginners
Jun 01, 2011
Fourth Grade Fairy will be released on April 19, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 19, 2011

Eileen Cook Revealed

Eileen Cook Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Carpe Diem- Seize the day. I would much rather make a mistake then to have never tried at all. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. I spent a long time wishing I was more like someone else-- cuter, more athletic, smarter, etc. Now I'm glad to be me. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Warm homemade bread fresh out of the oven. mmmm carbs.... Q. What’s your best quality? A. I can make people laugh. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. I can be a total drama queen in certain situations. Sometimes I am the calm and rational one, but without warning it can switch. I'm sure this makes me a joy to live with. Learn more about Eileen Cook

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Canada NewsWire, April 26, 2012
...Nova Scotia: Karen Patkau, author & illustrator Nunavut: Allan Stratton, author Ontario: Alison Acheson, author Caroline Adderson, author Eileen Cook, author Yayo (Diego Herrera), illustrator Jessica Scott Kerrin, author Chris McMahen, author Robert...
North Shore Outlook, January 2, 2012
...Eileen Cook will be reading from her book Unravelling Isobel at the North Vancouver City Library on Jan. 18. at 7 p.m. Cook, a young-adult author whose novels have been...
PublishersWeekly.com, December 23, 2011
...95; ISBN 978-0307701558). Sins of the Demon by Diana Rowland (Penguin, $7.99; ISBN 978-0756407056). Unraveling Isobel by Eileen Cook (Simon Pulse, $16.99; ISBN 978-1442413276). Bride by Mistake by Anne Gracie (Penguin,$7.99; ISBN 978-0425245798). Quick...
Book Depository, December 8, 2011
...Unraveling Isobel was a quick, haunting, and hilarious take on your average ghost story. Eileen Cook did an amazing job at combing fear with humor. One minute I was terrified of ghosts and murder, and the next I was doubled over laughing. I immediately...
Winston-Salem Journal, August 21, 2011
...to be boys. The series combines humorous plots with funny illustrations. "The Education of Hailey Kendrick," by Eileen Cook. Ages 14 and older, 256 pages. Simon Pulse, $16.99. Hailey Kendrick attends a prestigious boarding school and seems to have...
St. Marys Daily Press, February 28, 2012
...father, Duane O. Mecca and her stepmother, Marlene Mecca of Mount Pleasant, S.C.; and by her mother, Eileen Cook Mecca and her stepfather, Terry Gabor of St. Marys. Also surviving are two sisters, Carisa Mecca of Weedville and Teresa Elmquist (Jared) of...
Columbia Daily Tribune, February 17, 2012
...grandchildren, Diana McCoy (Dan), Neil Schulte, Caleb Cook and Jacob Pinkston; one great-grandchild, Quinn McCoy; and three sisters, Eileen Cook, Alice Richter and Geri Schuldt. She was preceded in death by her parents and several brothers and sisters...
Sonoma West Times and News, January 26, 2012
...two year battle with cancer. She was born in Santa Rosa on Oct. 7, 1952 to Charles and Eileen Cook. Murphy attended Piner High School and grew up as a third generation Santa Rosa local. She worked at Carlenzoli & Associates for more than 15 years, which...
Tamworth Herald, January 6, 2012
...heirloom Christmas tree, bought from Woolworths in Tamworth in 1938. It was purchased by my maternal grandmother Mrs Eileen Cook, of Wood End, from Woolworths in Tamworth in 1938 for my mother's first Christmas. The story goes that my grandmother placed...
North Shore Outlook, January 2, 2012
...Eileen Cook will be reading from her book Unravelling Isobel at the North Vancouver City Library on Jan. 18. at 7 p.m. Cook, a young-adult author whose novels have been...
Cloverdale Reporter News, January 2, 2012
...Eileen Cook will be reading from her book Unravelling Isobel at the North Vancouver City Library on Jan. 18. at 7 p.m. Isobel, a young-adult author whose novels have been...
BCLocalNews.com, January 2, 2012
...Eileen Cook will be reading from her book Unravelling Isobel at the North Vancouver City Library on Jan. 18. at 7 p.m. Isobel, a young-adult author whose novels have been...