Amanda Panitch spent most of her childhood telling stories to her four younger siblings, trying to both make them laugh and scare them too much to sleep. Now she lives in New York City, where she writes dark, funny stories for teens, kids, and the pigeons that nest on her apartment balcony.
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Merrilee Heifetz
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