Carol Dines is the author of three novels for young adults, The Take-Over Friend(Fitzroy Books, 2022), Best Friends Tell the Best Lies (Delacorte), and The Queen's Soprano (Harcourt), as well as a collection of short stories for young adults, Talk to Me (Delacorte). She has been awarded The Judy Blume Award as well as Minnesota and Wisconsin State Artist Fellowships. Dines's stories have appeared in Colorado Review, Narrative, Nimrod International, Ploughshares, Salamander, and The Worcester Review, among other places. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and their standard poodle.
