1,003 Ways to Stay Young

by Ann Hodgman

Hodgman . . . [brings her] signature quirky but acceptably outrageous perspective to contemporary American lifestyles and customs." - The Oklahoman

* Keep those AARP cards at home, avoid three-way mirrors like the plague, and for goodness' sake, no more groaning.

* Extend that youthful longevity with the tenth title in the successful 1,003 series.

BOTOX, laser-peels, antiwrinkle creams-an estimated 90 million Americans over the age of 45 are looking for the fountain of youth wherever they can find it. Ann Hodgman offers 1,003 youthful approaches to turn back the hands of time,

* It's never too late to start using sunscreen. And, if it is too late for that, it's really never too late to get a peel.

* Never admit you don't know how to use your iPod.

* Keep the news that you take Lipitor to yourself.

* "I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate." -Lady Nancy Astor

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2007

About the author

Ann Hodgman (born 1956) is an American author of more than forty children's books as well as several cookbooks and humor books and many magazine articles.

Ann was raised in Rochester, New York and graduated from Harvard College, where she was a staff member on the Harvard Lampoon and the Harvard Advocate. She was the food columnist for the magazines Spy and Eating Well. Her essay "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch," about taste-testing various dog foods, was included in "Best American Essays." Hodgman is also known for her three cookbooks, Beat This!, Beat That! and One Bite Won't Kill You. She is the author of the 6-book vampire series My Babysitter is a Vampire and the nonfiction memoir "The House of a Million Pets."

Hodgman is married to author David Owen, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and they have two children, Laura and John.