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Miriam Landis is the author of Lauren in The Limelight. Miriam is a faculty member at the

Pacific Northwest Ballet. She was a Litcamp Fellow and an assistant editor at Simon and Schuster, Hyperion, and the Amazon Books team. A Stanford grad, she was also a student at the School of American Ballet and a professional ballerina with Miami City Ballet. When not writing, teaching or dancing, she enjoys life on Lake Washington, near Seattle, alongside her husband and four children. In addition to Lauren in the Limelight, she is the author of two young adult novels, Girl in Motion and Girl on Point, previously published as Breaking Point. Welcome, Miriam. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss Lauren in the Limelight. I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you so much for having me, Zibi. I've listened to your podcast forever. So it's really amazing to be here myself. Oh, thank you. I'm always open for tips, improvements, whatever I can do from someone who listens regularly. So, you know, feedback, always welcome. No, I love it. I'll ponder that. But no, I just, I get so much pleasure out of it. You feel like you're really part of a community of writers and just everything you do. I mean, I feel connected to all the different arms of your organization. And I just think you do the best job. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Okay. Lauren in the Limelight. This is your third book, first middle grade. You have two other, all of which have beautiful ballet imagery.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay. Talk about this specific book, but I want to hear about your whole career and everything.

Okay. All right. Yes. So lots, so many things I could interview you. I have so many questions for you.

So this book in particular, it is my first middle grade. It centers around three young dancers who all live on

Mercer Island, which is where I live, which is a small suburb right outside of Seattle. It's about 10

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