Let's make this birthday one to remember.

57 years old (Born on January 16, 1968)

Happy Birthday, Rebecca Stead! You’ve effortlessly achieved literary fame with your timeless stories—scoring a Newbery Medal for the masterpiece "When You Reach Me," and dazzling readers globally. If anyone could elegantly sneak subtle time-traveling plots under our noses (and still leave us smiling), it's undoubtedly you.

Your knack for uncovering truths was further proven when "Liar & Spy" snagged the Guardian Prize; clearly you're an expert at decoding adolescent hearts and secret worlds alike. May this birthday find you celebrating joyfully without any plot twists more complicated than blowing out candles—and may all surprises today remain strictly cake-related!