Lygia Day Penaflor became a writer by writing letters to a friend she met on a cruise ship when she was fourteen. She is the author of Unscripted Joss Byrd and is also a teacher of child stars on movie sets. Lygia lives with her husband on Long Island's North Shore, where she rides horses and watches reruns of everything. She is friends with many teens but is good at keeping secrets. All of This Is True is her second novel. Visit her online at LygiaDayPenaflor.com.