Lucy Frank is the author of seven novels, both middle grade and young adult. The first, I AM AN ARTICHOKE was a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. Booklist said of WILL YOU BE MY BRUSSELS SPROUT, its follow-up: "This quirky coming-of-age story will confirm Frank's place as a fresh new YA talent." Her books have been praised as "funny, brainy and sweet", "wise and terrifically well-observed." She splits her time between New York City and upstate New York, where she and her husband have raised one son, three cats, four ducks, and countless flowers and vegetables