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Michael Cart is a writer, a lecturer, a consultant, and a nationally recognized expert in YA literature. He is the former director of the Beverly Hills (California) Public Library and a past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, and his column "Carte Blanche" appears monthly in _Booklist_ magazine. He is the author or editor of twenty books, including the gay coming-of-age novel _My Father's Scar_ , an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; _From Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature_ ; and?with Christine A. Jenkins? _The Heart Has Its Reasons_ , a critical history of young adult literature with gay/lesbian/queer content. His many anthologies include _Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth_ , _Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are_ , and _How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity_. In 2008, he became the first recipient of the YALSA/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award, and in 2000, he received the Grolier Foundation Award for his contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by young people. Mr. Cart lives in Columbus, Indiana.