Bri­an­na R. Shrum is the author of six nov­els for young adults, includ­ing Nev­er, Nev­er; How to Make Out; The Art of French Kiss­ing; Kiss­ing Ezra Holtz — And Oth­er Things I Did For Sci­ence; The Liar’s Guide to the Night Sky; and Rebel Boys and Res­cue Dogs – or – Things That Kiss With Teeth. Her work has been trans­lat­ed into mul­ti­ple lan­guages across two con­ti­nents. She is queer and Jew­ish and rebel­lious­ly lives in the Bible Belt (South Car­oli­na) with her favorite peo­ple, when she’s not writ­ing, you can usu­al­ly find her climb­ing rocks or read­ing with a chai.