—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever
I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.
—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever
Sometimes you had signs: sometimes you didn't. But I kept a close eye anyway.
—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever
Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Born in Illinois, Dessen graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996. She has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of her work. Two of her books were adapted into the 2003 film How to Deal.