Micol Ostow (born April 29, 1976) is an American author, editor and educator who has written more than 40 published works.
Her first original hardcover novel, Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa, was named a "New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age".
The experience of seeing how easily the family banded together, despite the fact that some of them had never even met before, served as an inspirational factor when she wrote her first novel Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa.
Even though Emily wants nothing to do with her Puerto Rican heritage a very special person shows her that uncovering her roots is like discovering a secret part of her own heart.
[citation needed] After spending the first eight years of her career as an editor, Ostow decided to become a freelance writer.