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....
—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye
Just because we don't see eye to eye on everything doesn't mean we can't be close.
—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride