Kristin Rockaway is a native New Yorker living in Southern California. She’s the author of six novels, including Smart Girl Summer, Life, Unscheduled, and How to Hack a Heartbreak, which has been optioned for television.

In addition to writing novels, she teaches Fiction with Gotham Writers Workshop, shares her love of cruising on her blog, Cruise Obsessed, and runs a boutique travel agency, Novel World Travel. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son and planning her next big vacation.