This interview originally ran in October of 2010. Since then Wendy Mass has published 13 Gifts, the latest book in the Willow Falls series, and Beauty and the Beast, the latest book in the Twice Upon a Time series. Look for her next book, Pi in the Sky, in bookstores June of this year. To win a copy of the advanced reader copy of The Candymakers leave a comment on this post.  Congratulations Adriana! You’ve won the copy of THE CANDYMAKERS! Please email me with your mailing address and I’ll send the book out to you. Joining us this week to share her creative space is author Wendy Mass!… Read the rest

Joining us this week to share her creative space is author Wendy Mass! Wendy Mass is the author of ten novels including A Mango-Shaped Space, Leap Day, the Twice Upon a Time fairy tale series, Every Soul a Star, 11 Birthdays, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, and Finally. Her books have been translated into 12 languages and nominated for 41 state book awards, and A Mango-Shaped Space was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award by the American Library Association. Her latest book (out in book stores this week!) is The Candymakers, a puzzle mystery about four 12-year-olds who enter a candymaking contest.… Read the rest