Sarah Dessen was born on June 6, 1970. So far, she has written six novels for the youth. She has written That Summer, Someone Like You, Keeping the Moon, Dreamland, This Lullaby, The Truth About Forever, Just Listen, Lock and Key, and Along for the Ride. The first published book in 1996 was That Summer. The most recent book she has written and published in 2009 is Along for the Ride. That Summer, Someone Like You, Keeping the Moon, Dreamland, and This Lullaby were chosen as Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association.
Sarah has always had a passion for writing, and has always had a wild imagination. In ninth grade, Sarah new a boy who was one of the most popular boys in school that got killed in a motorcycle accident. Someone Like You was partially based on that. Sarah likes to start a book with something that has happened to her, or someone she new, and build around that. The beginnings of all Sarah's books are usually from real life, but if the story goes into fiction too fast, she thinks the story won't work.
Sarah has always had a passion for writing, and has always had a wild imagination. In ninth grade, Sarah new a boy who was one of the most popular boys in school that got killed in a motorcycle accident. Someone Like You was partially based on that. Sarah likes to start a book with something that has happened to her, or someone she new, and build around that. The beginnings of all Sarah's books are usually from real life, but if the story goes into fiction too fast, she thinks the story won't work.