ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. She has been a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award, a finalist for an Eisner Award, and the recipient of both an Andre Norton Award and a Newbery Honor. She lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret door. Visit her online at www.blackholly.com.
Ally Carter is the New York Times bestselling author of the Gallagher Girls, Heist Society, and Embassy Row series. She grew up on a ranch in Oklahoma. Visit her online at www.allycarter.com.
Matt de la Pe?a is the author of five critically acclaimed young adult novels, including Mexican WhiteBoy and The Living. Matt received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended school on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. He teaches creative writing and visits high schools and colleges throughout the country. Visit him online at www.mattdelapena.com.
Gayle Forman is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. She is the author of Just One Day and Just One Year, and the companion e-novella Just One Night, as well as the New York Times bestsellers If I Stay and Where She Went. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters. Visit her online at www.gayleforman.com.
Jenny Han is the author of the New York Times bestselling Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy, co-author of the Burn for Burn trilogy, and most recently, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. She is also the author of Shug and Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her online at www.dearjennyhan.com.
David Levithan is the author of a good number of books about the strange things that love can do to people, including Every Day, Two Boys Kissing, Boy Meets Boy, How They Met and Other Stories, and (with Rachel Cohn) Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and (with John Green) Will Grayson, Will Grayson. His feelings about Christmas are largely shared by his character Dash in Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares (also written with Rachel Cohn). Visit him online at www.davidlevithan.com.
Kelly Link is the author of four collections, including Pretty Monsters and the forthcoming Get in Trouble. She and Gavin J. Grant have co-edited the young adult anthologies Steampunk! and Monstrous Affections. Together they run Small Beer Press. Kelly Link lives with her family in Northampton, Massachusetts. Visit her online at www.kellylink.net.
Myra McEntire is the author of the Hourglass trilogy, which has been nominated for two RITAs and a YALSA Teen Top Ten, and was chosen as a SIBA Okra Pick. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit her online at www.myramcentire.com.
Stephanie Perkins is the internationally bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, and Isla and the Happily Ever After. She lives with her husband in Asheville, North Carolina. Visit her online at www.stephanieperkins.com.
Rainbow Rowell lives in Omaha, Nebraska, with her husband and two sons. She’s also the author of Landline, Fangirl, Eleanor & Park, and Attachments. Visit her online at www.rainbowrowell.com.
Laini Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, as well as the Dreamdark books, and Lips Touch: Three Times, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter, Clementine. She is hard at work on secret things. Visit her online at www.lainitaylor.com.
Kiersten White is the New York Times bestselling author of the Paranormalcy trilogy, the Mind Games series, and several other books for teens. In her house in San Diego, it is always Christmas and never winter. Visit her online at www.kierstenwhite.com.
These short stories are works of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously.
MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME. Copyright ? 2014 by Stephanie Perkins. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
“MIDNIGHTS.” Copyright ? 2014 by Rainbow Rowell. “THE LADY AND THE FOX.” Copyright ? 2014 by Kelly Link. “ANGELS IN THE SNOW.” Copyright ? 2014 by Matt de la Pe?a. “POLARIS IS WHERE YOU’LL FIND ME.” Copyright ? 2014 by Jenny Han. “IT’S A YULETIDE MIRACLE, CHARLIE BROWN.” Copyright ? 2014 by Stephanie Perkins. “YOUR TEMPORARY SANTA.” Copyright ? 2014 by David Levithan. “KRAMPUSLAUF.” Copyright ? 2014 by Holly Black. “WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE, SOPHIE ROTH?” Copyright ? 2014 by Gayle Forman Inc. “BEER BUCKETS AND BABY JESUS.” Copyright ? 2014 by Myra McEntire. “WELCOME TO CHRISTMAS, CA.” Copyright ? 2014 by Kiersten Brazier. “STAR OF BETHLEHEM.” Copyright ? 2014 by Ally Carter. “THE GIRL WHO WOKE THE DREAMER.” Copyright ? 2014 by Laini Taylor.
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ISBN 978-1-250-05930-7 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-46686389-7 (e-book) e-ISBN 9781466863897
First Edition: October 2014