Vanessa Diffenbaugh is the author of The Language of Flowers, a New York Times best-selling novel that has been translated into over forty languages. She is a mother of four and lives in Monterey, California, with her husband. Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a dedicated foster care advocate and sits on the board of Youth Villages, where she supports their aim to fundamentally transform outcomes for America's most vulnerable children and families, in addition to being a writer.