Ali Terese is a middle grade and YA author who writes funny and heartfelt stories including Free Period (Scholastic) and Vote for the G.O.A.T. (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster). Her work has received the National Book Award longlist honor, a School Library Journal starred review, an Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award, and has been named a Kids’ Indie Next selection by the American Booksellers Association.