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....
Sometimes you had signs: sometimes you didn't. But I kept a close eye anyway.
—Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever