Delia Ephron is an author, playwright and screenwriter. She has written books for adults, teens, and children— fiction, non-fiction, humor—including the novels Hanging Up and Big City Eyes. Her latest novel, The Girl with the Mermaid Hair, was published by HarperTeen in January 2010 and is a sequel to her critically acclaimed novel for teens, Frannie in Pieces. Her best-selling book How to Eat Like a Child was adapted as a musical for television and subsequently became a theatrical musical for children. Screenwriting credits include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, You’ve Got Mail, Michael, This Is My Life and Hanging Up. She co-wrote the hit play Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which is now playing in NYC, Los Angeles, and Toronto.