MELANIE BENNETT JACOBSON lives in Southern California with her husband and children, a series of doomed houseplants, and a naughty miniature schnauzer. She holds a Masters in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a USA Today bestseller, an Amazon Top 100 Bestseller, and a four-time Whitney Award winner for contemporary romance. She writes sweet indie romantic comedies, and her YA novels are represented by Alyssa Henkin of Birch Literary.