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Selene Castrovilla

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Manhattan, The United States

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http://www.selenecastrovilla.com/

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Genre

Self Help, Children's, Chick Lit

Influences

William Shakespeare, William Faulkner, J.D. Salinger

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September 2009

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Selene Castrovilla is an award-winning teen and children’s author who believes that through all trends, humanity remains at the core of literature.

Selene is excited to be the co-author of "a self-help book you'll actually read," as one mental health professional proclaims. TEN STEPS TO FINDING HAPPY releases on March 20, in conjunction with the United Nations' International Day of Happiness.

Selene wrote four award-winning books about the human side of the American Revolution. Her next book for young people is about the end of slavery, and it is being illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

Her young adult novel MELT was meant to be a stand-alone, but so many readers wrote to her begging to know what happens next that she realized MELT is actually the fi ...more

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	The Girl Next Door 3.98 avg rating — 713 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
	Melt (Rough Romance, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette by Selene Castrovilla (Goodreads Author), Drazen Kozjan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2013	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
	Saved By the Music 4.10 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Revolutionary Rogues: John Andre and Benedict Arnold by Selene Castrovilla (Goodreads Author), John O'Brien (Illustrations) 3.63 avg rating — 60 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
	Signs of Life (Rough Romance, #2) 4.47 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	Luna Rising 3.67 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
	Ten Steps To Finding Happy: A Guide to Permanent Satisfaction by Selene Castrovilla (Goodreads Author), Lindsay S. Weisner (Goodreads Author) 4.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 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
	By the Sword by Selene Castrovilla (Goodreads Author), Bill Farnsworth (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2007	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
	Upon Secrecy by Selene Castrovilla (Goodreads Author), Jeff Crosby (Illustrator), Shelley Ann Jackson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009	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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Ready for my Closeup in Newsday!

I was thrilled to be featured in a Newsday article about the Long Island Authors Group–at least, in the photos!

Alas, I was not eligible to be written about in the article, because they were interested in people who published their first book at age 50 or older, I was in my 30’s. This was one case when the early bird was denied the worm! But I will say that I look good. I put on makeup for the

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“Everyone leaves, Sam, in one way or another.But death can never rob us of the love we give away.Love stays with us-- it never dies.You carry my love with you.Let go and feel it,Sam.Death is only an end if you see it as one”
― Selene Castrovilla, The Girl Next Door

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“Just in case i forgot to mention it. Jesse said "I love you Sam" "Somethings can never be overstated".”
― Selene Castrovilla, The Girl Next Door

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“I'm the girl next door.I meet Jesse the day we moved in,fifteen years ago.People say you don't remember stuff from when you were two,but i do. Not whole days ,but moments.And feelings.Even then,it felt like he belonged with me.”
― Selene Castrovilla, The Girl Next Door

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“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
― Henry Ford

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