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Meredith Adamo is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Not Like Other Girls (April 2024) and the forthcoming You Made Me (May 2027). Not Like Other Girls was the recipient of the 2025 William C. Morris YA Debut Award and the Southern Book Prize for Young Readers, and it was also selected for the Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, BookPage Best Young Adult Books of 2024, ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project List, Kids' Indie Next List, and the May 2024 Target YA Book Club, among other accolades. 

Meredith is currently based in North Carolina, but she's originally from Rochester, New York, which is her favorite place on the planet. Her non-writing interests include collecting vintage bakeware, crocheting the ugliest blankets you've ever seen, and grocery shopping. ​