Lanie Jacobs is an avid reader, amateur cook, and champion shopper. She lives in Southern California with her husband and children, a series of doomed houseplants, and a naughty miniature schnauzer. She is a former English teacher and holds a Masters in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Lanie Jacobs is the pen name for YA novels by Melanie Jacobson who is a USA Today bestseller, four-time Whitney Award winner for contemporary romance, and the author of more than two dozen romantic comedies. All of her books are appropriate for teens, even the ones about adults.