Ashtyn Shanks was born in Cobb County, Georgia in 1997. She was 13 years old when she wrote this book. Also, she is a very talented musician who sings and plays the piano. She has always loved to write and never pictured herself as an author. "I will never give up on singing or writing. I am good at both and there is no reason to let go of either of them. I didn't really get the inspiration from anywhere to write a book like this one, the topic just sort of came to me." Ashtyn says.