Heather Still earned her Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Lindenwood University. She has taught English and history at her bay area middle school since 2016. Her young adult writing career launched from a fabulous First Seven Sentences writing workshop by Maggie Stievater and Court Stevens that took place on Treasure Island back in 2015. Kayla's Breakup Survival Guide is her most recent book in her Surviving Seventh Grade series. She loves traveling to foreign and familiar places, preferably with her twin sons. Heather loves living in the San Francisco Bay Area, learning with her students, and playing with her standard poodles.