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Leila Sales

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Born

in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The United States

April 20, 1984

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http://leilasales.com

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Young Adult, Children's, Fiction

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Leila Sales was born in 1984 and grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in psychology in 2006. Now she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works in the mostly glamorous world of children's book publishing. Leila spends most of her time thinking about sleeping, kittens, dance parties, and stories that she wants to write.

***Please note that I do not respond to messages sent to me via Goodreads mail. I love hearing from readers, but would ask you to email me at leila@leilasales.com, or tweet at me @LeilaSalesBooks. Thank you! ...more

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Looking back on three years of running my own business

Three and a half years ago, I left my full-time job at Penguin and moved to Austin. And then, three years ago, I launched my book development business, the Book Engineer.

The Book Engineer isn’t a single publishing thing—it’s not a publisher or an agency or another type of business that’s a common part of the industry. It’s a consultancy, I guess, but I am always reluctant to use that word because

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Average rating: 3.81 · 41,129 ratings · 6,195 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	This Song Will Save Your Life 3.91 avg rating — 26,244 ratings — published 2013 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Past Perfect 3.69 avg rating — 6,002 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tonight the Streets Are Ours 3.44 avg rating — 4,032 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mostly Good Girls 3.49 avg rating — 1,604 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Was a Time 4.07 avg rating — 1,096 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Funny Girl by Betsy Bird (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lisa Brown (Goodreads Author), Adrianne Chalepah 3.69 avg rating — 1,085 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say 3.34 avg rating — 569 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Campaign by Leila Sales (Goodreads Author), Kim Balacuit (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Kids on Earth Mad Libs 4.65 avg rating — 46 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Made Uranium!: And Other True Stories from the University of Chicago's Extraordinary Scavenger Hunt 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Leila Sales

“Sometimes people think they know you. They know a few facts about you, and they piece you together in a way that makes sense to them. And if you don't know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right. But the truth is, that isn't you. That isn't you at all.”
― Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

tags: truth

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“Well, you can't have heartbreak without love," Dan pointed out. "If your heart was really broken, then at least you know you really loved him.”
― Leila Sales, Past Perfect

tags: heartbreak, heartbroken

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“That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.”
― Leila Sales, This Song Will Save Your Life

tags: life

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“She was different and the same, and I had known her insofar as you can really know anyone, which is to say not much.”
― Bennett Madison, September Girls

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“You are the ever-expanding universe to me”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

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“Nothing
would be
easier without
you,
because you
are
everything,
all of it-
sprinkles, quarks, giant
donuts, eggs sunny-side up-
you
are the ever-expanding
universe
to me.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

tags: love, poetry, universe

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“I promise to always turn back toward you.”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

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“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: sleep

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