She became involved with a 21-year-old when she was 15 but cut all contact with him shortly after. Īs a teenager, Dessen was very shy and quiet. Two of her books were adapted into the 2003 film How to Deal.Įarly life, education and personal life ĭessen was born in Evanston, Illinois, on June 6, 1970, to Alan and Cynthia Dessen, who were both professors at the University of North Carolina, teaching Shakespearean literature and classics. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of her work. She has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996. Born in Illinois, Dessen graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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