Like, main female character who’s pretty good at school without being overwhelmingly good (because that would mean describing doing homework or something and ha ha ha authors don’t do that). You know that thing of how every contemporary is basically the same? You know what I’m talking about.
She is currently writing another book, to be published in 2016. Morgan currently lives in Los Angeles, though she loves to travel and does it whenever she can. Her third book, Since You've Been Gone, was published in 2014. Her second book, Second Chance Summer, was published in May 2012 and draws largely on her experiences spending summers growing up in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. In the meantime, Morgan moved back to California, went back to school again and in 2011 received an M.F.A. It was named an ALA Top Ten Best Book, a PW "Flying Start" book, and was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Prize. She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles but halfway though a theater degree, she started working in the children's department of Vroman's Bookstore and fell in love with YA literature.įollowing college graduation (and the proud bearer of an incredibly useful theater/English degree) she moved back East to attend the New School, where she received her M.F.A in Writing for Children.Īmy & Roger's Epic Detour, inspired by Morgan's three cross-country road trips, was published in May 2010. Morgan Matson grew up in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut. And she'll realize that sometimes, trying to keep everything like it was in the past means missing out on the future. Over the course of three ridiculously chaotic days, Charlie will learn more than she ever expected about the family she thought she knew by heart. And the wedding planner's nephew is unexpectedly, distractedly cute. Not to mention the neighbor who seems to be bent on sabotage and a storm that is bent on drenching everything. There are the relatives who aren't speaking, the (awful) girl her favorite brother brought home unannounced, and a missing tuxedo. There's the unexpected dog with a penchant for howling, house alarm that won't stop going off, and a papergirl with a grudge. The only problem? The weekend is shaping up to be an absolute disaster. She wants to focus on making the weekend perfect.
Making decisions about things like what college to attend and reuniting with longstanding crush Jesse Foster all that can wait. The house will be filled with jokes and games and laughs again. Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend, before the house is sold and everything changes. Charlie Grant's older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie can't wait for the first time in years, all four of her older siblings will be under one roof.
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