Selene Castrovilla is an award-winning teen and children’s author. Melt, her latest teen novel, has been hailed as “a fresh, emotionally complex bildungsroman of young American love” by Kirkus. Her nonfiction children’s books are known for their humanity. Revolutionary Friends, about George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, will soon be joined by Revolutionary Rogues, about Benedict Arnold. A contributing author to UncommonYA, Selene holds an MFA in creative writing from New School University and a BA in English from New York University. She lives on Long Island with her two sons.