Robert Sharenow’s debut My Moth­er the Cheer­leader was named one of the ​“Best Books of the Year” by the Amer­i­can Library Asso­ci­a­tion, School Library Jour­nal, and the New York Pub­lic Library. The Berlin Box­ing Club, his sec­ond nov­el, won the Syd­ney Tay­lor Book Award and was a final­ist for the Walden Award. He cur­rent­ly serves as Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent and G.M. of A&E Net­work and Lifetime.