Aman­da Stern is the author of The Long Haul. Under pseu­do­nyms she’s writ­ten eleven books for kids, includ­ing ​“You’re So Not Invit­ed to My Bat Mitz­vah!” In 2003 she found­ed the Hap­py End­ing Series in NYC, a pop­u­lar event she acci­den­tal­ly ran for thir­teen years. Her mem­oir LIT­TLE PAN­IC is about grow­ing up with an undi­ag­nosed pan­ic dis­or­der. Fun times.