Jill Santopolo graduated from Columbia University with a BA in English literature and an MA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the Associate Publisher of Philomel Books, a Penguin Young Readers Group brand, and the author of three successful children's and young-adult novels. Santopolo gives talks about writing and storytelling all around the world. She is the New York Times bestselling author of More Than Words and The Light We Lost, which was selected by Reese Witherspoon for the Reese Witherspoon Book Club. She currently resides in New York City.