Jandy Nelson is an American author of young adult novels based in San Francisco, California. She holds a BA from Cornell, an MFA in poetry from Brown and a MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Lennie is a teen musical prodigy grieving the death of her sister when she finds herself caught between a new guy at school and her sister's devastated boyfriend. Through her vivid imagination and conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss.