Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970, in Evanston, Illinois) is an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Read full biography of Sarah Dessen →
I've changed in my sympathies since I've become a mother myself. In high school I went through a period where I was close with my mom and had... →
In high school, I was lucky enough to have a big group of girlfriends that have really inspired a lot of the stories in my books. I'm still close... →
Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.
I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days.
I was always a big reader, mostly because my parents were.
I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage years are going to be very interesting.
I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.
I'm all about shrimpburgers, reading, and going to the beach.
I've been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember.
My books are so tame!
On the whole, I think I spent a lot of high school just trying to stay under the radar: I don't think I was all that memorable.
You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.
I always wished I could move around and switch schools. It was hard to have these radical transformations. You'd think, 'I will be a totally... →
Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970, in Evanston, Illinois) is an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.