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About Me


You can find out way more than you ever wanted to know about me (and my books) by visiting www.sonyasones.com .
photo by Jen McVeity
In the meantime, here are the cliff notes: I write novels in verse for teens. What’s a novel in verse? It’s a series of poems which, when you read them all in order, tell a story. (These are NOT the kind of poems that you have to analyze to figure out what they mean. In fact – please DON’T!).
Why don’t I just write regular novels? I don’t know how.
I’m really excited because my new book, WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN’T KNOW , is finally in the stores!
What the heck took me so long?
Well, I didn’t get the urge to write it until a couple of years after I wrote WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN’T KNOW . It happened because I kept getting emails from fans saying: “OMG! What happened next! I’ve got to know!” And after hearing this question day after day, year after year, I realized that I, too, wanted to know what happened next. And that the only way for me to find out was to write the sequel. I chose to write it in Robin’s voice because his was the story that intrigued me most—what would happen to a homely guy, the school’s biggest loser, if he suddenly found himself with a girlfriend for the first time in his life?
And now, you can finally find out! Yay!
WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN’T KNOW picks up the story right where the first book left off, only it’s told from Robin’s point of view. It was fun getting inside his head and looking around.
I’ll let Robin give you a little preview...
"My name is Robin.
This book is about me.
It tells the story of what happens
when after almost 15 pathetic years of loserdom,
the girl of my dreams finally falls for me.
That seems like it
would be a good thing, right?
Only it turns out to be
a lot more complicated than that.
Because I’m not gonna lie to you—
there are naked women involved.
Four of them, to be exact.
Though not in the way you might think.
Don’t get me wrong— my girlfriend’s amazing.
But the way things have been going lately,
I’m starting to think that the only thing worse
than not getting what you want,
is getting it."

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


There’s a lot of dead writers I wish I could meet: Truman Capote, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, Somerset Maugham, and Dorothy Parker are the first ones that spring to mind.

I’d also like to meet some living writer’s: Pete Hautman, Sharon Olds, J.K. Rowling, Steve Martin, and Ferlinghetti.

And there are some celebrities I’d like to meet: Woody Allen, Robin Williams, Harold Ramis, John Travolta...Wait! I already HAVE met those guys—and they’re amazing!

I’d like to meet Jack Floyd, the great guy who created my website www.sonyasones.com for me. And I'd like to meet Al Gore, so I could thank him for “An Inconvenient Truth.”

And, of course, I wish I could meet all my readers - especially the amazing fans who send me those fantastic emails!

Write to me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from YOU!

My Blog

MY NEW BOOK and NEW CONTEST !!!

Exciting news!My first picture book has just been published! Its called VIOLET AND WINSTON. I co-wrote it with my awesomely talented husband, Bennett Tramerwhos famous for writing zillions of episo...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:06:00 GMT

WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESNT KNOW paperback CONTEST!

Wow! It has been way too long since I updated my blog. So much has happened& The biggest news is that the paperback of WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T KNOW is being released on December 16th. YAY!!! ...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:12:00 GMT

a WHAT MY MOTHER DOESNT KNOW audio book!

Hello everyone, . I'm writing to let you know that Brilliance Audio has just come out with the audio book version of WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW and it sounds GREAT! It was awesome to finally hear So...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:22:00 GMT

A SIGNING NEAR ATLANTA!

Hi All, I just wanted to let you know that on May 5th at 7pm, I'll be doing a reading, and signing books, with the amazing Ashley Rhodes-Courter at the Little Shop of Stories in  Decatur, GA...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:08:00 GMT

DON’T MISS BLOGFEST!

HEY ALL, TOMORROW PULSE BLOGFEST BEGINS - I’LL BE ANSWERING LOADS OF QUESTIONS, ALONG WITH TEN DOZEN OTHER AUTHORS, FOR THE NEXT 14 DAYS! COME BY AND COMMENT ME: WWW.PULSEBLOGFEST.COM. XX, S...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:47:00 GMT

NEW AUTHOR PHOTOS ARE UP !

Hey, I've just updated my website (www.sonyasones.com).  Check out the new photos that are up on the PHOTO ALBUM page, to see loads of new young adult author photos. And while you're there, ta...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Do you live in Chicago? La Jolla? or Nashville?

Hey Everybody, Just wanted to let you know that I'll be doing some traveling this fall, to promote my new book, WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T KNOW. If any of you live near the cities I'm coming to, I'd l...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:47:00 GMT

I’M HAVING A SIGNING IN PASADENA!

Hey all! I just wanted to let you know that I'll be at Vroman's in Pasadena on September 15th at 3pm. So if anyone lives nearby, I hope you'll come and see me! xx, Sonya
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:14:00 GMT

a great review!

EntertainmentWeekly.com (May 30th)What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know By Sonya SonesI picked up Sones' 2001 title, What My Mother Doesn't Know, a few years ago and loved it  but I wondered if my own teen...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:19:00 GMT

COME TO A BOOK SIGNING!

Hello everyone,I am so excited! WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T KNOW will be out on June 5th, just a week from today! If any of you live in southern California, please come to one of my signings: BARNES A...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 15:13:00 GMT