Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen
Dessen at the 2017 Texas Book Festival
Born	Sarah Dessen (1970-06-06) June 6, 1970 (age 54) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Period	1996–present
Genre	Realistic fiction
Subject	Young adult literature
Children	1
Website
www.sarahdessen.com

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. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of her work. Two of her books were adapted into the 2003 film How to Deal.