Wendy Mass

Wendy Mass (born 1967) is an American author of children's literature and young adult fiction. She is best known for notable works like A Mango-Shaped Space, which won the ALA Schneider Family Book Award in 2004, 11 Birthdays, Every Soul a Star, and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, adapted into a film in 2011. Mass has published 31 novels, earned multiple state awards, and holds degrees from Tufts University and others in creative writing.