Sarah Mlynowski

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  • Bibliography:
    50 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2001
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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About the Author

Sarah Mlynowski was born in Montreal, Canada in 1977, she is the daughter of the also romance writer, Elissa Ambrose. After graduating with an honors degree in English literature from McGill University, she moved to Toronto to work for Harlequin Enterprises. While she never met Fabio, she used her romance publishing experiences to fuel her first romance novel.

Full Series List in Order

Best Wishes

1 - Best Wishes (Sep-2022)
2 - The Sister Switch (Apr-2023)
3 - Time After Time (Nov-2023)

Magic In Manhattan

1 - Bras & Broomsticks (Mar-2005)
2 - Frogs & French Kisses (Jun-2006)
3 - Spells & Sleeping Bags (Jul-2007)
4 - Parties & Potions (Jan-2009)

Whatever After

1 - Fairest of All (May-2012)
2 - If the Shoe Fits (Jan-2013)
3 - Sink or Swim (May-2013)
4 - Dream On (Dec-2013)
5 - Bad Hair Day (May-2014)
6 - Cold as Ice (Nov-2014)
7 - Beauty Queen (May-2015)
8 - Once Upon a Frog (Dec-2015)
9 - Genie in a Bottle (May-2016)
10 - Sugar and Spice (Dec-2016)
11 - Two Peas in a Pod (Apr-2018)
12 - Seeing Red (Nov-2018)
13 - Spill the Beans (Apr-2019)
14 - Good as Gold (Apr-2021)
15 - Just Dance (Jul-2022)
16 - Liar, Liar (Jul-2024)

Whatever After: Special Edition

1 - Abby in Wonderland (Sep-2017)
2 - Abby in Oz (Apr-2020)
3 - Abby in Neverland (Aug-2023)

Whatever After: Graphic Novels

1 - Fairest of All: A Graphic Novel (Apr-2024)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

Beauty Queen (May-2015)

Fairytale Retellings: Snow White

Fairest of All (May-2012)

Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

If the Shoe Fits (Jan-2013)

Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty

Dream On (Dec-2013)

Fairytale Retellings: Rapunzel

Bad Hair Day (May-2014)

Fairytale Retellings: The Snow Queen

Cold as Ice (Nov-2014)

Book List in Order: 50 titles

  • Milkrun

    Red Dress Ink

    milkrun'milk run (plural) milkruns noun 1. a routine and often slow journey esp. taken from the delivery of milk 2. the process of dating to no avail Of all the ways to find myself Single Again, ...

  • Fishbowl

    Red Dress Ink

    Allison can't wait for Jodine and Emma to move in to her apartment -- until she realizes having roommates means living in a fishbowl:You are never alone.When one small, slightly accidental fire leads to one big repair bill, all efforts to avoid each ...

  • As Seen On TV

    Red Dress Ink

    When Sunny Langstein decides to pack up her Florida life and move in with her boyfriend in Manhattan, her big sister isn't thrilled. What modern-day twenty-four-year-old leaves her promising career, fabulous friends and perfect underground parking sp...

  • Know It All

    in Girls Night In

    21 tales from today's hottest young female writers. Featuring bestselling authors: Jennifer Weiner, Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot, Carole Matthews, Isabel Wolff, Lynda Curnyn, Jill A. Davis, Marian Keyes, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Lisa Jewell, Stella Duff...

  • The Two-Month Itch

    in American Girls About Town

    A STAR-STUDDED STORY COLLECTION FEATURING AMERICA'S RED-HOT WOMEN WRITERS They're taking liberties--and pursuing happiness on their own terms! Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) learns "The Truth About Nigel"--and the trouble with falling for an in...

  • Monkey Business

    Red Dress Ink

    MB is for a M aster's in B usiness degree. Supposedly. It's also for: Multiple Bed-hopping Definitely Kimmy 's favorite subject. And who cares if her conquests are already taken? If only business school offered a minor in boyfriend embezzlement...

  • Bras & Broomsticks

    Magic In Manhattan - 1

    Rachel can't believe it. Her younger sister, Miri, is a witch! How come Miri inherited the supernatural skills that could have turned Rachel into a teenage superstar? Just as Rachel suspects, magical powers are wasted on the young. Miri refuses to...

  • Frogs & French Kisses

    Magic In Manhattan - 2

    Rachel isn't a witch, like her sister, Miri, and their mom. But that doesn't mean she doesn't have a little magic up her sleeve. Au contraire--Rachel's certain that if she was the one steering the broomstick, everything would be absolutely magical. ...

  • A Little Bit Broken

    in Girls' Night Out

    Too tired to doll up and head out for a night on the town? (It happens to the best of us.) Just dip into this year's must-read collection for a Girls' Night Out to remember and indulge in tales of reunions and weddings, sisters and friends, endings a...



  • Me Vs. Me

    Red Dress Ink

    Gabby Wolf has pretty much, almost definitely (this close!) come to a decision: She's trading in Phoenix (nice but uneventful life with boyfriend) for Manhattan (dream job as producer for highly successful news show). Then Cam swoops in and gives her...

  • A Nice Fling Is Hard to Find

    in Fireworks

    Sparks are flying ... NIKI BURNHAM (Royally Jacked) brings you to a seaside summer program where, besides classes, there are lessons in love. ERIN HAFT (Pool Boys) tells a tale of one sizzling summer camp, where heartache just might be more pai...

  • Spells & Sleeping Bags

    Magic In Manhattan - 3

    At long last, Rachel's powers have arrived and she's a bona fide get-your-broom-ready witch! And it's happened just in time. No Manhattan for her this summer--she's spending her vacation at Camp Wood Lake. But she's having some serious issues: ...

  • Parties & Potions

    Magic In Manhattan - 4

    Perfect hair, cute clothes, healthy tans--life's a breeze when you're a witch! Even special witchcraft classes Rachel agrees to attend with Miri turn out to be fun. The sisters meet other teen witches just like them--who knew? Everyone's preparing fo...

  • Cruisin'

    in Vacations from Hell

    Life's a beach . . . and then you're undead? in this must-have collection, five of today's hottest writers--Libba Bray (A Great and Terrible Beauty), Cassandra Clare (City of Bones), Claudia Gray (Evernight), Maureen Johnson (13 Little Blue Envel...

  • Gimme a Call

    A new life is just a phone call away Devi's life isn't turning out at all like she wanted. She wasted the past three years going out with Bryan--cute, adorable, break-your-heart Bryan. Devi let her friendships fade, blew off studying, didn't join ...

  • Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have)

    2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house -- parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, maybe, probably) shouldn't have. If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn't jump at the chance to move in with a friend and live par...

  • Magic in Manhattan

    The hilariously entertaining third book in the Magic in Manhattan series, following Bras & Broomsticks and Frogs & French Kisses, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series! At long last, Rachel's powers have arri...

  • Fairest of All

    Whatever After - 1
    Fairytale Retellings: Snow White

    A fresh, modern spin on a classic fairy tale--from bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski! Mirror, mirror, on the basement wall . . . Once upon a time my brother and I were normal kids. The next minute? The mirror in our basement slurped us up and ...

  • If the Shoe Fits

    Whatever After - 2
    Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

    Once upon a time my brother and I found a magic mirror. Tonight the mirror swept us into Cinderella's fairy tale. Now, we are NOT messing this story up. No way. Cinderella is going to marry her prince just like she's supposed to. Uh-oh. Cin...



  • Sink or Swim

    Whatever After - 3

    Once again my brother and I are in hot water . . . We weren't planning to mess up the fairy tales. The first two times we did it by accident. But when our magic mirror pulls us into the story of the Little Mermaid, we have no choice but to try and...

  • Dream On

    Whatever After - 4
    Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty

    Good night, sleep tight, Don't let the magic mirror bite . . . My friend Robin and I were going to have the best sleepover ever. We'd stay up late, eat s'mores, share secrets -- and NOT knock on my magic mirror. I was NOT getting pulled into anot...

  • PARTY GIRLS

    Two Girls -- Emma and Drew. Two Big Nights " Prom and Sweet Sixteen Two Short Stories " “The Perfect Kiss” and “Your Big Night” In the first of these two short stories, “The Perfect Kiss,” Emma is stuck at home over winter break. He...

  • Don't Even Think About It

    Contemporary teen fiction with romance, secrets, scandals, and ESP from the author of Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have). We weren't always like this. We used to be average New York City high school sophomores. Until our homeroom went...

  • Bad Hair Day

    Whatever After - 5
    Fairytale Retellings: Rapunzel

    In this magical fifth installment of the hit series, siblings Abby and Jonah fall into the fairy tale of Rapunzel . . . and hilarity ensues! Fractured fairy tales are all the rage, and this series has been a huge hit! This time, the magic mirror s...

  • Cold as Ice

    Whatever After - 6
    Fairytale Retellings: The Snow Queen

    Even though my brother and I had decided to stay away from the magic mirror, our puppy had other plans -- he bounded right in. What choice did we have but to go in after him? When we land in a winter wonderland, we realize we must be in the stor...

  • Beauty Queen

    Whatever After - 7
    Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

    Ever since the magic mirror erased his memory, my brother, Jonah, doesn't believe that we really visit different fairy tales. So it's a relief when the mirror sucks us into a story -- and this time, it's Beauty and the Beast! Hoorah! Or, maybe no...

  • How to Be Bad

    When you're tired of being good, sometimes you gotta be a little bad ... Jesse, Vicks and Mel couldn't be more different. Jesse, a righteous Southern gal who's as thoughtful as she is uptight, is keeping a secret that she knows will change her life ...

  • Once Upon a Frog

    Whatever After - 8

    My brother, Jonah, and I just want to TALK to the magic mirror -- we're not planning on traveling into any fairytales today. Promise. Except we do wind up going through the mirror, this time into the story of The Frog Prince. The princess, who's s...

  • Think Twice

    More secrets. More scandals. More ESP.

    The long-awaited sequel to Don’t Even Think About It!

    We used to be average New York City teenagers. Then, in tenth grade, we got flu shots and developed telepathy. Yes. Telepathy. We cou...



  • Genie in a Bottle

    Whatever After - 9

    Be careful what you wish for... When my brother, Jonah, and I travel through our mirror into the story of Aladdin, we're excited. There will be magic lamps and genies granting wishes. Right? Wrong. The genie we meet isn't QUITE as helpful...

  • Sugar and Spice

    Whatever After - 10

    That's the way the cookie crumbles! Yum! Our magic mirror has dropped me and my brother, Jonah, into the story of Hansel and Gretel. If we're lucky, we may even get to taste the cake-house... But we didn't count on accidentally getting trapped....

  • The Girl's Guide to Summer

  • I See London, I See France

    I see London, I see France...I see Sydney’s underpants. Nineteen-year-old Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out. She’s spending the next four and a half weeks travelling through Europe with her childhood best friend Leela. Their plans inclu...

  • Abby in Wonderland

    Whatever After: Special Edition - 1

    Down the rabbit hole... I'm spending the day with my best friends, Frankie and Robin, and -- UGH -- snobby Penny. I'm not expecting anything magical to happen, until Frankie falls into a mysterious hole behind Penny's house ... and we all wind up ...

  • Two Peas in a Pod

    Whatever After - 11

    I've landed -- along with my brother, Jonah, and our dog, Prince -- in the fairy tale of The Princess and the Pea! When I can't fall asleep on top of a hundred mattresses, the kingdom decides I must be the princess they're looking for. Talk about roy...

  • Upside Down Magic

  • Seeing Red

    Whatever After - 12

    I really want the magic mirror in my basement to take me to my friend's sleepover party. But of course, I end up falling into a fairy tale -- Little Red Riding Hood! When my brother, Jonah, and I bump into Little Red in the forest, we try to warn ...

  • Spill the Beans

    Whatever After - 13

    My brother Jonah's dream has come true. We have FINALLY landed in his favorite fairy tale: Jack and the Beanstalk! It's a lot of fun meeting Jack. But then we accidentally mess up his story, which means Jack can't climb up the magic be...

  • Abby in Oz

    Whatever After: Special Edition - 2

    In this second Special Edition of the New York Times bestselling Whatever After series, Abby and her friends enter the magical Land of Oz . . . with hilarious and empowering results! Follow the yellow brick road . . . I'm with my best frien...



  • Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe

    Perfect for fans of 99 Days and Anna and the French Kiss, this unforgettable, sun-drenched summer romance from one of YA’s bestselling and most beloved authors, Sarah Mlynowski, is an irresistible dive into the joys of seizing the day and embracing...

  • Good as Gold

    Whatever After - 14

    The fourteenth book in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series featuring fractured fairy tales for fearless kids!Guess where we are this time? The magic mirror has sent me and my brother, Jonah (plus our puppy, Prince), into the story of ...

  • Just Dance

    Whatever After - 15

    Here is the fifteenth magical installment of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series of fractured fairy tales for fearless kids!Put on your dancing shoes!Believe it or not, there's a fairy named Maryrose LIVING in my house. And she's send...

  • Best Wishes

    Best Wishes - 1

    The New York Timesbestselling series!Because you’re blueThis bracelet is now for you.Speak one wish to make it true. . .So begins this enchanting new adventure from Sarah Mlynowski, the New York Times bestselling author and co-author of the Whateve...

  • The Sister Switch

    Best Wishes - 2

    The instant New York Times bestseller!“Delightful, with just the right touch of magic.” -- Kirkus ReviewsBecause you’re blueThis bracelet is now for you.Speak one wish to make it true...So begins the second installment of this enchanting series...

  • Abby in Neverland

    Whatever After: Special Edition - 3

    Never say never!Follow Abby and Jonah as they embark on a thrilling journey through Neverland—meeting pirates, mermaids, the Lost Boys, Tinkerbell, and Peter Pan himself— in this third Special Edition of the dazzling New York Times best-sel...

  • Time After Time

    Best Wishes - 3

    The New York Times bestselling series!Pass the magic on! This enchanting multi-author series is like American Girl with magic.In this book, written by bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski and three-time Newbery Honor recipient Christina Soontornvat, th...

  • Fairest of All: A Graphic Novel

    Whatever After: Graphic Novels - 1

    The magic of the New York Times and PW bestselling Whatever After series comes to life in this brand-new graphic novel adaptation that will appeal to fans of Raina and Wings of Fire alike! Fractured fairy tales have never been this fun.Once upon a ti...

  • Liar, Liar

    Whatever After - 16

    Here is the sixteenth magical installment of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series of fractured fairy tales for fearless kids!My little brother Jonah and I have a magic mirror in our basement. This time, the mirror sucks us up and drops...

  • A Dragon for Hanukkah

    Just in time for the holiday season, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Mlynowski makes her dazzling picture-book debut with this warm-hearted, magical, funny, and inventive story that celebrates Hanukkah and the power of a child's imagination, ...



  • Like A Boss

    Pass the wishes on! This New York Times bestselling multi-author series is like American Girl with magic.In this installment, written by acclaimed authors Sarah Mlynowski and Hena Khan, the magic, wish-granting bracelet lands with a girl in Washingto...

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Sarah Mlynowski has published 50 books.

The next book by Sarah Mlynowski, Like A Boss, will be published in November 2024.

The first book by Sarah Mlynowski, Milkrun, was published in December 2001.

Yes. Sarah Mlynowski has 5 series.
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