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 Sarah Dessen was born in Illinois in 1970, however she grew up in Chapel Hill, NC. She had always been a big **reader** and when she was 8, her parents got her a manual typewriter to write stories on. In high school, she had a large group of friends who, she says, have inspired many characters in her books. Her senior quote, "The time is gone, the song is over , thought I'd something more to __say__ ," was from a Pink Floyd song and ended up actually being her future. She attended UNC, where she graduated with a degree in English. 3 years after graduating, her first book, __That Summer__, was published. A year later, she left her job waitressing at the Flying Burrito to take up her first teaching job. She is the author of nine books. Her ninth, __Along For The Ride__, comes out on ** __//June 16th//__ **. On writing __Just Listen__, she says, "People are always interested to learn where a story comes from , and I’m often asked where I get the ideas for my books. The truth is, sometimes I don’t even know: rather than just one ** big ** moment , it’s often a lot of little random thoughts , scribbled notes on scraps of paper and backs of receipts , that make up a novel . Other times, though, you can trace a story’s beginning back to a specific moment . That's what happened with __Just Listen__ ." She lives in Chapel Hill w ith her husband, daughter and two dogs.


 * Books: **

 -That Summer -Someone Like You -Keeping The Moon -Dreamland -This Lullaby -The Truth About Forever -Just Listen -Lock and Key -Along For The Ride

Molly Duncan