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, you can check out my essays at zibby Owens.com. Today's episode of Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books is sponsored by Chloe's Fruit, The Cool Way to Eat Fruit. You can check them out at chloe's Fruit.com. I'm really excited to be with Sarah Milnowski today. Sarah is an amazingly prolific bestselling

young adult middle grade novelist. She was born in Canada and now lives here in New York City.

For anyone listening with school-age children who might have heard a lot about Abby and Jonah's

adventures, Sarah is the author of the addictive whatever after book series. The latest release,

which I just finished with my daughter, is called Two Peas in a Pod. Sarah also writes the upside-down magic series about wonky magicians, who are flickers, flares, and flexors, and just can't seem to get their magic right. As if that weren't enough, Sarah has written a magic in Manhattan series for teens, which started with a book called Braw's and Broomsticks, and she has written a few late teenage books like 10 things we did and probably shouldn't have,

which I can't put down even though I'm not a teenager.

And a few novels for novels for adults as well, not adult novels.

In her spare time when she's not on a book tour, Sarah goes to schools and gives 45-minute presentations

that inspire kids

to write. And she's a wife and a mom herself. Welcome to Sarah. Thank you for having me.

Okay, your bio is insane. It took me 20 minutes to count up all the books. You've written on your

website. I counted 35. That's right. That seems about right.

How and when are you writing all of these books?

I mean, writing for me is a full-time job.

So I'm in the office every day from 9 to 5, and I'm working on books, and I'm writing, and I'm producing.

And I've been doing that for probably since the year 2000 now. that's how I produce so many books okay so 18 years of 35 so two a year about even at two to three a year

when I wrote adult which is what I started off doing I was I started with one book a year

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