Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and this is Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

As a mom of four kids in New York City and a writer myself, I know all too well how short everyone is on time, so I'm here to help.

I'm going to interview authors and writers of all types about their work, especially as it

relates to parenting and family issues. Hopefully you can listen while doing 8 million other things

and fall in love with these talented scribes in their fantastic books, essays, and songs like I have,

plus get some tips on surviving parenthood. For more about me,

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Jill Santopolo on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. National and International

Best Selling author Jill Santopolo got her start writing at the age of three

with a picture book about Stacey the Cat. Since then, she has become a writer, editor,

teacher, and consummate storyteller. Jill majored in English at Columbia, received an MFA at Vermont

College, and even attended NYU to learn about intellectual property rights. She currently edits

for the Young Readers Division at Philo Mel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers rights. She currently edits for the Young Readers Division

at Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group. She's also an educator and has

been a thesis advisor at the new school and taught at Columbia and McDaniel Colleges. Jill is the author

of the Alec Flint Sparkle Spa and Follow Your Heart book series, in addition to being the author

of The Light We Lost, the amazing bestseller that has been translated into more than 30 languages, which we're going to talk mostly about today. Hello. Hi, Jill. How are you? Good. How are you doing? Good. Thanks so much for being on Mom's Don't Have Time to Read Books. This is such an honor that you've come on this show.

Oh my gosh. Thank you so much for having me. Of course. So I know you're an amazingly accomplished editor, but I'd like to start today by talking about the lightly lost, basically because I'm

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