Lygia is the author of CREEP: A LOVE STORY (Clarion/ HarperCollins), ALL OF THIS IS TRUE (HarperTeen), and UNSCRIPTED JOSS BYRD (Macmillan). She also teaches child stars on television and movie sets. Her students have included cast members of Gossip Girl, Boardwalk Empire, I Am Legend, Spielberg's West Side Story, and others. She lives on Long Island with her husband, where she rides horses and flies from a trapeze.
 

Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @lygiaday.

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