New York Times best-selling young adult novelist who is known for The Juliette Chronicles/Shatter Me trilogy of books. She published these between 2011 and 2014, and they consisted of Shatter Me, Unravel Me, and Ignite Me. She earned her undergraduate degree from Soka University. She would write 5 novel mock-ups before having her first book, Shatter Me, published in November 2011.