Deborah Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and nutritionist who writes books for children and adults. She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times (including four years as the Sunday New York Times Magazine beauty columnist), and a home design columnist for Long Island Newsday. Her health, fitness, beauty, travel, and feature stories have appeared widely in many other newspapers and national magazines including New York's Daily News, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Self, GQ, and Vogue. Her picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, was the winner of the Missouri Show Me Readers Award for 2012-2013. Blumenthal is the author of five young adult novels: FAT CAMP, THE LIFEGUARD, MAFIA GIRL, A DIFFERENT ME, and her most recent YA novel, HURRICANE KISS, published by Albert Whitman & Co. on May 1st.Blumenthal latest romance novel, SOMEONE ELSE'S LOVE LETTER, was published by Diversion Books on March 1st.Her latest picture book, FANCY PARTY GOWNS, The Story of Ann Cole Lowe, will be published by Little Bee on January 17, 2017.Blumenthal lives in New York City.visit her on the web at:www.deborahblumenthal.com