Marina Budhos is the author of such books as "Ask Me No Questions", "Tell Us We're Home", and "Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers." She has received an EMMA (Exceptional Merit Media Award) and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award for women writers. Ms. Budhos has been a Fulbright Scholar in India, has given talks throughout the country and abroad, and has taught at several universities and colleges. She is currently an assistant professor of English at William Paterson University. She is part Indian, and lives with her husband and fellow Atheneum author, Marc Aronson, and their two sons in Maplewood, New Jersey. You can visit her online at marinabudhos.com.