Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Born: May 30, 1964 (age 61)
Bio: Frances O'Roark Dowell is an American author of middle-grade fiction, including Dovey Coe, The Secret Language of Girls, Shooting the Moon, and Falling In.
Known for:
- The Secret Language of Girls (2004)
- Dovey Coe (2000)
- The Kind of Friends We Used to Be (2009)
- Shooting the Moon (2008)
- Ten Miles Past Normal (2011)