Eileen Palma has an English degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and has studied Advanced Novel Writing at Sarah Lawrence College’s The Writing Institute. Her writing has appeared in The Momoir Project, Macaroni Kid Bronxville, Patricia Dunn's author blog, Blogging in the Big Apple, PTO Today and on the front page of Our Town.Eileen’s debut romantic comedy Worth the Weight placed first in the Tampa Area Romance Authors contest and was one of the Wisconsin Romance Writer’s Fab Five. She is represented by literary agent Eric Ruben of The Ruben Agency. Worth the Weight will be published by Diversion Books on April 29th, 2014.Eileen lives in a New York city suburb with her husband, daughter and a scrappy Wire Haired Fox Terrier.