It was such a weird thing how a breakup stretched much wider than you expected. You didn't just lose a person, but their entire world as well.
—Sarah Dessen in The Moon and More
—Sarah Dessen in The Moon and More
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....
One summer and one boy, and suddenly things weren't the same.
—Sarah Dessen in What Happened to Goodbye