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Megan McCafferty by Jerry BauerMegan McCafferty’s next novel, BUMPED, was described in Publisher’s Weekly as “a sharply funny and provocative dystopian novel set in a world where only teens are able to have babies, and are contracted by adults to carry them to term.” It goes on sale April 26th, 2011.

She is the author of sloppy firsts (Three Rivers, 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 (Crown, 2006) was an instant New York Times bestseller and a NYPL pick. fourth comings (Crown, 2007) and perfect fifths (Crown, 2009) also made the New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, Booksense, Barnes and Noble, Borders and other national bestseller lists.

Megan edited a short story anthology called SIXTEEN: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday (Three Rivers, 2004). She has contributed to several fiction and nonfiction anthologies including My Little Red Book (2009), Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? (2008), 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.

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