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Our Mentors

Carlie Sorosiak
Carlie Sorosiak is not mentoring this year, but has mentored Young Adult
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Carlie Sorosiak
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Carlie Sorosiak grew up in North Carolina and holds two master’s degrees: one in English from Oxford University and another in creative writing and publishing from City University London. Her life goals include traveling to all seven continents and fostering many polydactyl cats. She currently splits her time between the United States and the United Kingdom, hoping to gain an accent like Madonna’s. If Birds Fly Back, published by HarperTeen US and Macmillan UK, is her first novel.

Favorite Books

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

Years Mentored
2017