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Arlaina Tibensky

I write .
Originally from Chicago, IL. I currently live in New York City.

I write .
Originally from Chicago, IL, I currently live in New York City. I am also a parent.

Number of Children:
Age range: infant/toddler,pre-K

Author's Bio

Arlaina Tibensky is the world’s oldest teenager. She lives in NYC where she curates the Pen Parentis Literary Salon at the Libertine Library. Her debut YA novel AND THEN THINGS FALL APART, about how Sylvia Plath and an old typewriter usher a reluctant
virgin through the worst summer of her freaking life, is out nwith Simon & Schuster. Visit her at arlainatibensky.blogspot.com and on Twitter @ArlainaT

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

Journals: OneStory - "Buying the Farm" Inkwell - "Cannibals" The Madison Review "Techniques to Teach Your Students Fundamental Musicality” Small Spiral Notebook -"Adjustment"

Prizes: OneStory Debutante! Junior Library Guild Spring 2011 Pick!

Here's one thing that has worked for me in balancing writing and parenting:

"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." --Arnold H. Glasow

Here is one thing I wish I hadn't had to find out the hard way:

They grow up effing fast.

Don't sweat the...

Closet organizing... just shut the door!

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