Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Born Sarah Elizabeth Dessen
June 6, 1970 (1970-06-06) (age 39)
Evanston, Illinois,
United States
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Writing period 1996-present
Genres Realistic fiction
Subjects Young adult literature
Official website

Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American writer who lives and teaches in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

While Dessen was born in Evanston, Illinois, she was raised in North Carolina.[1] Both of her parents were professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which Dessen later attended from 1988 to 1993, graduating with highest honors with a degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing.[citation needed] Prior to UNC, Dessen graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1988.[citation needed] After college, she continued waiting tables at the Flying Burrito and writing, and she sold her first book, That Summer, three years after she graduated.[2] Since then, her 8 books have won many awards.[vague] On April 10, 2007, she announced on her blog that she was pregnant with her first child. Her daughter Sasha Clementine was born on September 2, 2007.[3] She lives with her husband in North Carolina with two dogs and several lizards.[citation needed]

Two of her novels, That Summer and Someone Like You, were the basis for How to Deal, a 2003 movie starring Mandy Moore.[4] Her novel Just Listen was released in April 2006 and subsequently reached number two on the New York Times Book Review.[5] She just recently finished her eighth book, Lock and Key, which was released on April 22, 2008.[6]

Dessen announced that her ninth book, Along for the Ride, will be released June 2009.[7]

Contents

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[edit] Trivia

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- The Arbors, a rich upperclass neighborhood in Lakeview that appears in every novel.
- Perkins Day, the prep school for wealthier kids in Lakeview, is mentioned in almost every novel.
- The World of Waffles, a restaurant in both The Truth About Forever, Along for the Ride, and Just Listen.
- Bendo, a music club in This Lullaby and Just Listen.
- The Last Chance Cafe, which appears in The Truth About Forever, Along for the Ride, and Keeping the Moon.
- Scarlett from Someone Like You, who later appears as John Miller's boss and love interest in This Lullaby.
- Remy and Dexter from Truth Squad in This Lullaby, later appear as the band performing 'The Potato Opus' (written in This Lullaby) at Bendo in Just Listen.
- Macy and Wes from The Truth About Forever, are later noticed by Annabel at The World of Waffles in Just Listen. and mentioned in "Along for the Ride
- In Just Listen, Owen's mother mentions that she and Mallory are taking a mother-daughter class run by Boo Connell, who was Caitlin's neighbor in Dreamland.
- In The Truth About Forever, Macy is watching the news, in which Lorna McPhail appears, who is Haven's stepmother in That Summer.
- In The Truth About Forever, the woman who gives Macy directions is reading "The Choice" by Barbara Starr, who is Remy's mother in This Lullaby.
- In Just Listen, Whitney reads her poem at Jump Java, a coffee house which John Miller and Scarlett work at from This Lullaby and Someone Like You and also where Harriet buys her coffee from in Lock and Key.
- Evergreen Care Center is mentioned in Just Listen, Dreamland,Someone Like You and The Truth About Forever.
- Marshall, who is Ruby's ex-boyfriend in Lock and Key, is roommates with Rogerson, Caitlin's boyfriend in Dreamland.
- Ruby from Lock and Key lives in Wildflower Ridge, a neighborhood created by Macy's mother in The Truth About Forever.
- Annabel from Just Listen and Rogerson from Dreamland appear in Lock and Key.
- Owen from Just Listen helps Jamie put together a CD during Lock and Key, though his name is never mentioned.
- Also seen/mentioned in Lock and Key is Kiki Sparks (Keeping the Moon), Kristy and Bert from The Truth About Forever, Barbara Starr (This Lullaby), Deborah Queen from the Truth About Forever, and Mallory and her friends from Just Listen.
- Owen from Just Listen has a cd of Truth Squad, Dexter's band in This Lullaby, in his car.
- Annabel from Just Listen is a Lakeview model. Dessen mentions the models in That Summer.
- Nate, Lock and Key, listens to a radio show hosted by Annabel from Just Listen.
- In Dreamland, Someone Like You, The Truth About Forever, Lock and Key, Along for the Ride, and This Lullaby the Quick Zip is mentioned.
- In Dreamland the house Corinna and Dave live in is like the house Ruby and her mother lived in in Lock and Key.
- In Lock and Key, Dreamland, The Truth About Forever, Along for the Ride, and Just Listen, Jackson High is mentioned.
- Auden from Along for the Ride went to school with (and had crushes on) Jason Talbot, Macy's boyfriend in The Truth About Forever and Nate Cross, Ruby's boyfriend in Lock and Key. Macy and Wes are mentioned as well.
- Auden from Along for the Ride orders at the Last Chance Cafe from a girl who is presumed to be Colie from Keeping the Moon.
- Both Colie (Keeping the Moon) and Auden (Along for the Ride) spend the summer in Colby.
- Ruby (Lock and Key) and Auden (Along for the Ride) both apply to Defriese University.
- Jamie, Ruby's brother-in-law in Lock and Key creates the facebook/myspace equivalent, UMe.com, which is referenced in Along for the Ride.
- The U, a local college, is referenced in Just Listen, Lock and Key and Along for the Ride.
- In Along for the Ride, it is mentioned that Heidi is selling key necklaces at Clementines, presumably the same ones created by Harriet in Lock and Key.
- In Along for the Ride, Morgan and Isabel (Colie's friends) from Keeping the Moon appear as some of Heidi's friends. Isabel is also a name that Heidi wanted to name Thisbe.
- In Along for the Ride, Auden runs into Jason Talbot from The Truth About Forever, also her former crush, while he's at FCLC.

[edit] References

  1. ^ bio/press | Sarah Dessen
  2. ^ bio/press | Sarah Dessen
  3. ^ sarah dessen - September 4th, 2007
  4. ^ How to Deal | Sarah Dessen
  5. ^ Lock and Key now a bestseller!
  6. ^ Excerpt from Lock and Key
  7. ^ http://dessennews.blogspot.com/2008/11/as-promised.html

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