Mostly, I felt stupid for falling for his big talk, the very thing my mother had warned me about. Even from a distance he'd taken me in, and I'd gone, gullibly and willingly.
—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....