Bestselling author┬аMarilyn Kaye┬аpossessed many┬аambitions as a child, including becoming a librarian, a teacher, even the President of the United States. She always wanted to be a writer as well.┬аKaye has written several series for teens, including┬аGifted,┬аReplica, and┬аCamp Sunnyside Friends. Her adaptation of a modern-day fairy tale,┬аPenelope, was made into a major motion picture starring Christina Ricci.┬аKaye earned a masterтАЩs degree in library science at Emory University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago. She taught childrenтАЩs and teen literature at St. JohnтАЩs University in New York for over two decades.┬аKaye currently lives in Paris, France.