Amy Ephron (www.amyephron.com) is the author of The Castle in the Mist , her first book for young readers, which has been nominated for a SCIBA Award, and of Carnival Magic , a companion book. Amy has also written several adult books, including A Cup of Tea , which was an international bestseller. Her novel One Sunday Morning received the Booklist Best Fiction of the Year and Best Historical Fiction of the Year awards and was a Barnes and Noble Book Club selection. She is a contributor and contributing editor at Vogue and Vogue.com, and her work has appeared in numerous other publications. She was also the executive producer of Warner Brothers' A Little Princess . Amy lives in Los Angeles with her husband; between them they have five children. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @amyephron.