Leila Sales is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels for children and teens, including This Song Will Save Your Life, Once Was a Time, and, most recently, The Museum of Lost and Found. Her books have been optioned for stage and screen, been translated into a dozen languages, received numerous starred reviews, and been selected for many state lists. Leila grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts; graduated from the University of Chicago; worked as a children’s book editor at Penguin Random House in New York City; and now lives in Austin, Texas, where she runs a book development consultancy called the Book Engineer. Learn more at leilasales.com, or follow her @LeilaSalesBooks.