Trish Doller was born in Germany and grew up in Ohio. She graduated with a degree in journalism from Ohio State University. Prior to becoming an author, she worked as a radio personality and a staff writer for her hometown newspaper. Doller has written several YA novels, including: The Devil You Know, Where the Stars Still Shine, and Something Like Normal. She also contributed to Violent Ends, a novel in seventeen parts written by numerous contemporary YA authors.