Claire Swinarski was born and raised in Wisconsin, where she still lives with her husband and kids. What Happens Next was her debut middle grade novel and was followed by The Kate In Between and What Happened to Rachel Riley?, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults title, a Cybils Award nominee, and an Edgar Award nominee. Her journalism has appeared in the Washington Post, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Milwaukee magazine, and many other publications. She posts about books and babies online and thinks wandering around a library can solve 95 percent of life’s problems.
