Nancy's guest is Justina Chen Headley, a writer of young adult fiction. Chen's debut novel, Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies), won the 2007 Asian Pacific American Award for literature and was a Borders' Original Voices nominee, BookSense pick, and NYPL Book for the Teen Age. Her new novel, Girl Overboard, is a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection. Publishers Weekly writes, "Headley crafts a tale that will stand out in the crowd by offering a good dose of girl power and an intriguing family back-story." Justina is also the creator of the popular website ReaderGirlz, an interactive website for teen girls that promotes literacy and community involvement. She lives in Seattlewith her husband and children.
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