Jennifer Echols was born in Atlanta and grew up in a small town on a beautiful lake in Alabamaβa setting that has inspired many of her books. Her nine romantic novels for young adults have been published in seven languages and have won the National Readersβ Choice Award, the Aspen Gold Readersβ Choice Award, the Write Touch Readersβ Award, the Beacon, and the Booksellersβ Best Award. Her novel Going Too Far was a finalist in the RITA and was nominated by the American Library Association as a Best Book for Young Adults. She lives in Birmingham with her husband and her son. Visit her at Jennifer-Echols.com.