Catherine Newman

Catherine Newman is the author of the novels Sandwich, which was an instant New York Times bestseller, and We All Want Impossible Things; the memoirs Waiting for Birdy and Catastrophic Happiness; the midde-grade novel One Mixed-Up Night; and the bestselling kids' life-skills books How to Be a Person and What Can I Say? Her books have been translated into a dozen languages. She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times; Real Simple; O, The Oprah Magazine; Cup of Jo; and many other publications. She writes the newsletter Crone Sandwich on Substack and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.