She moved with her family to Virginia then North Carolina where she now resides with her husband, Jay, daughter Sasha Clementine, and dogs.
After dropping out of Greensboro College, Dessen began taking classes at the University of North Carolina where she graduated with the highest honors in Creative Writing.
She was a waitress for some time before leaving her job to accept a position as a teacher at UNC. Sarah then left that job to become a full-time author.
She is the author of several novels, including Dreamland, Just Listen, and Along for the Ride. A motion picture based on her first two books (Someone Like You and That Summer), entitled How to Deal (directed by Claire Kilner and starring Mandy Moore), has been released. Her tenth novel, What Happened to Goodbye, will be published in May 2011. She has received numerous positive reviews of her books from critics.
The High School LRC currently has two out of her twelve books (Just Listen, Lock and Key) and will continue to acquire more of her books in the future.
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