Susane Colasanti is the bestselling author of eleven realistic, contemporary young adult novels: When It Happens, Take Me There, Waiting for You, Something Like Fate, So Much Closer, Keep Holding On, All I Need, Now and Forever, and the City Love trilogy.
Susane has a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from New York University. Before becoming a full-time author in 2007, she was a high school science teacher for ten years. She lives in New York City.