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....
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
People who need help sometimes look a lot like people who don't need help.
—Glennon Doyle Melton in Warrior