Jeannine Colette is the author of the Abandon Collection series. She is also coauthor, with Lauren Runow, of the Falling For The Stars series and the Sexton Brothers books. A graduate of Wagner College and the New York Film Academy, Jeannine went on to become a segment producer for television shows on CBS and NBC. She left the television industry to focus on her children and pursue a full-time writing career. She lives in New York with her husband, the three tiny people she adores more than life itself, and a rescue pup named Wrigley.