Sofiya Pasternack is a mental health professional, the highly-distractible author of Jewish MG and YA fantasy, and prone to oversharing gross medical stories. She enjoys yapping ad nauseam about writing, both in live presentations and in videos posted to her YouTube channel. She is actually a gremlin in a bad wig. Her debut MG fantasy novel ANYA AND THE DRAGON is a 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Honoree for Middle Grade, and the follow-up, ANYA AND THE NIGHTINGALE, is also a STBA Honoree, as well as a National Jewish Book Award Finalist! Find Sofiya online at www.sofiyapasternack.com or any social media platform @sofipasternack.