megan mccafferty

Megan McCafferty (credit Jerry Bauer)

Megan McCafferty is the author of sloppy firsts (Crown, 2001), an ALA Top 10 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, an ALA Popular Paperback, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. Its sequel, second helpings (Three Rivers, 2003) was also selected to the NYPL list, and was a Booklist Editor's Pick for one of the best novels of 2003. charmed thirds was an instant New York Times bestseller and a NYPL pick. fourth comings also hit the New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, Booksense, Barnes and Noble, Borders and other national bestseller lists in its first week.

Megan also edited a short story anthology called SIXTEEN: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday (Three Rivers, 2004). She has contributed to Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume (2007), It’s a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties (2007), Girls’ Night In: To Benefit War Child (2004) as well as numerous national magazines. Her work has been translated into eleven languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Turkish and Hungarian. She lives in New Jersey and is working on a fifth--and final--book in the Jessica Darling series.

For more about Megan, read her (retro)blog or check out these interviews:


Fourth Comings Cover Photo

Charmed Thirds Cover Photo

Second Helpings Cover Photo

Sloppy Firsts Cover Photo