Margaret Dilloway is the recipient of the American Library Association's Literary Tastes Award for Best Women's Fiction for THE CARE AND HANDLING OF ROSES WITH THORNS. She is also the author of HOW TO BE AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and SISTERS OF HEART AND SNOW, all from Putnam Books.In addition to her women's fiction, Dilloway will debut a middle-grade fantasy series for Disney-Hyperion Books in April 2015, MOMOTARO: XANDER AND THE LOST ISLAND OF MONSTERS.