I’ve mentioned before how impressed I am by authors who slay in multiple genres, right? Add Margaret Dilloway to the list. I really loved THE CARE AND HANDLING OF ROSES WITH THORNS in particular, and in addition to her gorgeous women’s fiction (perfect for book clubs, by the way) she’s also killing it in the books-for-tweens category, with her newest novel FIVE THINGS ABOUT AVA ANDREWS coming this summer. (And look! You can enter to win an advance copy right here on Goodreads.)

A more official bio: Margaret Dilloway is the author of 8 books for children and adults, including SUMMER OF A THOUSAND PIES, the award-winning MOMOTARO series and HOW TO BE AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE. Her newest book, FIVE THINGS ABOUT AVA ANDREWS (Balzer + Bray) comes out this June, and is about a 6th grader with the invisible disabilities of a heart condition and anxiety, who uses improv to cope, make friends, and become an activist.

Margaret’s recommendation is EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU GO HOME by Natalia Sylvester, which she describes as “a beautiful novel that’s a family story and a love story and, most interestingly, a ghost story. In the present, we meet Isabel and Martin newly married—as well as Martin’s dead father, Omar, who disappeared years ago. We then follow Omar and his wife, Martin’s mother, into the past, when they fled into the United States. It’s about immigration and hope and sacrifice and has lyrical prose and rich, complex characters.”

And guess who’s up tomorrow with her own recommendation? Natalia herself! Stay tuned…