Carrie Arcos is an award-winning author of books for young adults, including the National Book Award Finalist Out of Reach, We Are All That's Left, and Crazy Messy Beautiful. Several of her books have been Junior Library Guild selections and on best book lists. She originally hails from upstate New York; however, Los Angeles is where she calls home with her husband and kids. She loves teaching high school students, cooking, traveling, and talking. After recently visiting Ireland, she now understands that she's Italian at heart, but she's Irish in soul. Visit Carrie online at www.carriearcos.com and follow her on Twitter @carriearcos.
Praise for We Are All That's Left * A multilayered view of tragedy and its repercussions. --Publishers Weekly, starred review * This complex, compelling story takes readers on a deep dive below the surface, exposing both the fragility of life and the redemptive bonds of love. --Booklist, starred review Praise for Crazy Messy Beautiful This satisfying and unconventional love story explores the various meanings of the word. --Kirkus Reviews Arcos has written a classic story of a budding artist finding out the reality behind the artifice, and does so while keeping a wonderful sense of humor. --Booklist Arcos capably probes the mysterious without attempting to solve it as Neruda discovers the difference between crushing on someone he doesn't know and loving someone he does, learning that friendship, too, is a kind of love. --Publishers Weekly