One to Read: Cindy Callaghan

Award-winning author and producer Cindy Callaghan has written 11 middle grade novels, including her debut work, Just Add Magic and its sequel, Just Add Magic 2: Potion Problems, which were developed into a popular television series. Her latest offering, My Big, Heart-Shaped Fail, is due out in September. Callaghan enjoyed creative writing in high school and snuck pockets of time to write here and there over the years since, but her busy family and demanding job were always her priority. 'When my third child was born 19 years ago, I needed a creative outlet and I took a writing class,' says Callaghan. 'And it was like a whole piece of me that had taken a long nap while I took care of the rest of my life woke up and wanted to come out and play.'
AS A CHILD, CALLAGHAN STRUGGLED WITH READING in school. 'At an early age I wasn't good at it, and I was put into the Turtle reading group,' she says. 'Not [...]