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About the Author
Shari Maurer’s life has always been full of "heart." Married to a cardiologist, she is the co-author of The Parent’s Guide to Children’s Congenital Heart Defects. After graduating from Duke University and NYU, she spent six years at the Children’s Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) working on International versions of Sesame Street and other kids’ programs. Shari lives in New City, NY with her husband Mat and their children, Lissie, Josh and Eric. Change of Heart is her first young adult novel. Visit her on the web at www.sharimaurer.com.
 
Read What Writers Are Saying About Change of Heart:

"An emotional roller coaster, exploring all the different ways a heart can be broken—and repaired—as a star athlete comes to terms with love, loss, and the startling realization that even at sixteen, no one’s truly immortal."

—Barbara Caridad Ferrer, author of Adiós To My Old Life,
a RITA Winner & 2009 YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults



"A gripping, moving, and honest story about everything that really matters in life. Shari Maurer takes a scary experience that happens to very few young adults and makes it both universal and uplifting."

—Daria Snadowsky, author, Anatomy of a Boyfriend



"Shari Maurer’s excellent Change of Heart offers more than just a very human teenage girl with a terrifying situation to somehow get through. It reminds us that priorities can be as ephemeral, and as fragile, as the beat of a damaged heart."

—Deborah Grabien, author of Dark in the Park,
The Kinkaid Chronicles, and The Haunted Ballad Mysteries



Shari Maurer
Shari Maurer

Photo: Beth Capuano