Haley Neil is the author of Once More With Chutz­pah and Plan­ning Per­fect, and a recent MFA grad from The New School, where she spe­cial­ized in Writ­ing for Chil­dren and Young Adults. She pre­vi­ous­ly obtained her Mas­ters in Edu­ca­tion while work­ing full time as a preschool teacher. She loves school, teach­ing, and going to school to learn about teach­ing (as well as walk­ing her res­cue pup through her Mass­a­chu­setts town and work­ing at her local library).