Maria E. Andreu is the author of JULIETA AND THE ROMEOS, LOVE IN ENGLISH (Balzer + Bray) and THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and the Newark Star Ledger. LOVE IN ENGLISH is an Indie Next Pick, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults book, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Her debut novel, THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY, was a National Indie Excellence Book Award winner. Both titles were Junior Library Guild Selections. She is a Red Dead aficionado, a cat herder, and a believer in (and a skeptic of) happy endings. Visit her at https://mariaeandreu.com.