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Carol Snow

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born

The United States

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female

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http://www.carolsnow.com/

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Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

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Susan Isaacs, Elinor Lipman, Cathleen Schine

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Called “an author to watch” by Booklist, Carol Snow is an American author of contemporary women’s fiction and young adult literature. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in psychology, she spent many years writing literary short stories before accepting that she couldn't go more than a few hundred words without cracking a joke. She eventually turned her attention to crafting humorous, heartfelt stories with a wider commercial appeal, and In 2006, Berkley/Penguin published her first novel, Been There, Done That, which Publisher's Weekly called “humorous, wise . . . romance with a bit of social commentary.” Since then, she has written four more books for adults, Getting Warmer (2007), Here Today, Gone to Maui (2009), Just Lik...moreCalled “an author to watch” by Booklist, Carol Snow is an American author of contemporary women’s fiction and young adult literature. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in psychology, she spent many years writing literary short stories before accepting that she couldn't go more than a few hundred words without cracking a joke. She eventually turned her attention to crafting humorous, heartfelt stories with a wider commercial appeal, and In 2006, Berkley/Penguin published her first novel, Been There, Done That, which Publisher's Weekly called “humorous, wise . . . romance with a bit of social commentary.” Since then, she has written four more books for adults, Getting Warmer (2007), Here Today, Gone to Maui (2009), Just Like Me, Only Better (2010), and the upcoming What Came First (2011), about which Laura Fitzgerald, bestselling author of Veil of Roses, said, “Carol Snow mixes her trademark humor with tenderness and understanding in this good-mom/bad-mom tale of unexpected twists and turns.” Carol has also written two young adult books for HarperCollins, Switch (2008), an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and Snap (2009). Foreign rights to her books have sold to publishers in Germany, Norway, and Romania.

Carol Snow grew up in New Jersey. Much of her childhood was spent immersed in books; the rest was focused on avoiding dodgeball. In addition to her psychology degree from Brown University, she holds an M.A.T. in English from Boston College. Before getting her first book published, she had the typical (for a writer) assortment of odd jobs: tour guide, tutor, chambermaid, waitress. She worked for a T-shirt company, a child services agency, and a vanity press. She even had a short stint in local politics. Her campaign brochures were really pretty, with flawless punctuation.

Since leaving New Jersey, Carol has lived all over the place: Rhode Island, London, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Utah, Arizona, and, now, Southern California, where she shares a cat-fur-coated house with her husband and their two children.(less)

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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be … La Jolla

Once my husband and I were at a Mexican restaurant with an English friend. Unfamiliar with several of the menu items, he asked the waitress what "fah-gee-tahs" were. Isn't it cute how he mispronounced "fajitas"? We all thought so! Once we finished laughing, our friends told us how he'd amused Californians by mentioning La Joe-La, an affluent seaside community on the north side ...

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Books by Carol Snow

Average rating: 3.35 · 1,851 ratings · 421 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Switch 3.36 avg rating — 540 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Just Like Me, Only Better 3.34 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Been There, Done That 3.10 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Getting Warmer 3.25 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Snap 3.34 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Here Today, Gone to Maui 3.57 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	What Came First 3.98 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Mitternachtswandlerin by Carol Snow (Goodreads Author), Sabine Bhose (Übersetzer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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Carol Snow gave to: dancergirl (WiHi series, #1) by Carol M. Tanzman (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Carol Snow gave to: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen read in December, 2011	My rating:
So disappointing because it could have been -- should have been -- brilliant. Franzen's characters live and breathe, and his prose is accessible yet lyrical. However, the novel doesn't work as a whole. It lacks momentum, and entire pedantic chunks co...more
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Carol Snow gave to: Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter by Phoebe Damrosch	My rating:
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Carol Snow made a comment on The Best Gifts for People You Don't Like: A Pig: "Yes, that's my baby -- still ruling the house at age 18. Three years ago, the vet game him a year to live. He chose to ignore her. I'm glad you liked m...more"
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“It's not right to profit from another person's suffering.”
― Carol Snow, Switch

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“Me and Duncan are going down to the beach to skate. I think I'm late." "Ducan and I," she said. Leonardo rolled his eyes. "What. Ever.”
― Carol Snow, Snap

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