The author of the book Along For The Ride, Sarah Dessen was born on June, 6th of 1970. She was born to Cynthia and Alan who were both professors at the University of North Carolina. As a teenager she was quiet and preserved. Though she was shy, she did drugs and often lied to her mother. After only about a year, Dessen dropped out of Greensboro College in Greensboro, North Carolina, but later took some classes at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, graduating with highest honors in Creative Writing. After college took the job as a waitress at the restaurant Flying Burrito in chapel Hill while trying to begin her career as an author. She would write during the day and go to work at night. Her first book entitled That Summer, was published
