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....
Disappointment is part of life. Just like change.
—Sarah Dessen in The Moon and More
—Mandy Hale in Beautiful Uncertainty
Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.