Amy McDougall, Master Matchmaker

Thirteen-year-old Amy McDougall is worried about Travis, the single gay guy who adopted her when she was a kid. He wants a boyfriend, yet isn’t having any luck finding one himself. Amy decides the solution is for someone else to do the finding. Someone like her! Amy’s first attempts at matchmaking are embarrassing flops, despite advice from her hyper-smart best friend Grace. Soon Amy makes not only a match for Dad, but for other people she knows. Now no one can deny that she’s Amy McDougall, Master Matchmaker. Still, she finds there's a price to pay for her meddling when all three matches cause problems she hadn’t foreseen. Amy McDougall, Master Matchmaker is a fun and engaging tale that takes a fresh look at important subjects like love and friendship.

Growing up in Napa Valley, Gary Pedler wrote his first story at eight. It involved dinosaurs. After attending UC Santa Cruz, Gary moved to San Francisco, where over the years he mastered the art of writing books that didn’t necessarily involve dinosaurs. These include the travel memoir Couchsurfing: the Musical. Gary is single and has no children, though he did once have a cat he was very fond of.