Margaret Gurevich had wanted to be a writer since she was 7 years old.
Her first story was about a girl who got kidnapped in the woods, and she entered it in the second grade writing contest. Unfortunately, her teachers thought the story was too scary, and the prize went to a girl who wrote about a talking strawberry. However, if you ask Margaret, talking strawberries are plenty scary, so she was definitely robbed! Lucky for her, she recovered from this slight and went on to write for magazines (SELF, Ladies’ Home Journal, Parents, and more) and publish novels. Her Chloe by Design series was billed as a “Project Runway for Teens,” and received praise from School Library Journal, VOYA, Booklist, and Kirkus. She is also the author of books in Penguin Workshop’s Who Was series. Her next middle grade novel, Ain’t It Funny will be published by Penguin Workshop on October 15, 2024. Check out events for upcoming book signing info for October 22!
Fun Facts
- My family and I came here as refugees from the former Soviet Union in 1979 when I was just 3 years old.
- We got our cat, Goose, in May 2020, and he’s the best!
- I used to do some stand-up comedy as a hobby.
- I’ve been a NY Mets fan from the time they won the World Series in 1986. In fact, the 1986 Mets play an important part in my book coming out in Spring 2026!
- I’m really scared of mice.
