Author Becky Albertalli

…was born and raised in the Atlanta, GA suburbs.
…has been writing stories since preschool. Generally about her pets.
…is three years older than her sister and twelve years older than her brother.
…is an extraordinarily picky eater.
…really loves ice cream, though. And most desserts.
…is Jewish, despite her Italian last name.
…has attempted and spectacularly failed at almost every sport.
…rocked t-shirts from the Nature Company basically every day of middle school.
…actually did fail sex ed in sixth grade (the diagrams were slightly overwhelming).
…wrote and directed a tragic play at age twelve with a plot that borrowed heavily from a Lurlene McDaniel novel.
…read a whole lot of The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High.
…in all seriousness, wanted to be Mary Anne Spier, but was a total Mallory Pike.
…fell hard for Harry Potter at age sixteen and never grew out of it.
…was briefly but powerfully obsessed with anime in high school.
…has dazzled audiences with moving port