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Leila Sales

Leila Sales
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Leila Sales

Leila Sales grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Chicago. Now she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works in the mostly glamorous world of children’s book publishing. Leila spends her time thinking about... Read full bio

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Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. I am like a walking, talking, breathing jukebox.
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My life in 8 words: "I am like a walking, talking, breathing jukebox."
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Past Perfect will be released on May 01, 2012 in Trade Paperback
May 01, 2012
Past Perfect is now available in Trade Paperback
May 01, 2012
Dec 06, 2011
Past Perfect will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
Past Perfect is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Past Perfect
Sep 17, 2011
Mostly Good Girls will be released on September 06, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Sep 06, 2011
Mostly Good Girls is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 06, 2011
Oct 12, 2010
Mostly Good Girls is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 05, 2010
Mostly Good Girls will be released on October 05, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 05, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 4 from Mostly Good Girls
Sep 16, 2010
Mar 30, 2010
Mar 30, 2010

Leila Sales Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. What I do best is drag other people into my fantasy world. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Dark chocolate. My days would not be many, as I would probably die quickly from a lack of nutrients. But they would be a great last few days. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Dancing around my apartment until my neighbors complain. Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. Camp Emerson, the overnight camp in the Berkshires that I used to go to. Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. I have way, way more than five favorite songs, so let's just go with five favorite bands: Buddy Holly and the Crickets, the Stone Roses, The Cure, matchbox twenty, and Pulp. Actually I have way more than five favorite bands, too. Learn more about Leila Sales

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PublishersWeekly.com, June 7, 2013
...galleys were gone in seven minutes, Macmillans Molly Brouillette said) and This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales (a lot of readers have likened its dry humor to the TV show Girls). YA readers are also awaiting R.L. Stines A Midsummer Nights Scream...
School Library Journal, March 25, 2013
...Delacorte, 2001) became The Brohood of the Traveling Condoms, with entertaining scenarios of why condoms went unused, while Leila Sales suggested a female version of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet (Antheneum, 1987), a story about lady problems while in the...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 31, 2013
...two realistic standalone titles: Tumble & Fall by Alexandra Coutts and This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales ("a lot of readers have likened its dry humor to the TV show Girls," Molly Brouillette said). Meanwhile, Deborah Bass at Amazon...
School Library Journal, May 28, 2013
...New books joining the program in the fall include This Song Will Save Your Life (Farrar, September) by Leila Sales, about a girl who finds friendship and self-acceptance when she discovers DJing. Two much-anticipated sequels in this line were also...