In the end you can't always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go.
—Ally Condie in Crossed
In the end you can't always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go.
—Ally Condie in Crossed
Allyson Braithwaite Condie (born November 2, 1978) is an author of young adult and middle grade fiction. Her novel Matched was a #1 New York Times and international bestseller, and spent over a year on the New York Times Bestseller List. The sequels (Crossed and Reached) are also New York Times bestsellers. Matched was chosen as one of YALSA's 2011 Teens' Top Ten and named as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Children's Books of 2010. All three books are available in 30+ languages.