جايل فورمان

Award-winning author and journalist Gayle Forman (she/her/hers) has written several bestselling novels, including those in the Just One Day series, Where She Went, and the #1 New York Times bestseller If I Stay, which has been translated into more than forty languages and was adapted into a major motion picture. Her first middle grade novel, Frankie & Bug, was a New York Times best children’s book of the year. Her second middle grade novel Not Nothing has been hailed as a “masterpiece” and the “book we all need at the time we all need it.” After Life, her 13th published novel, comes out in January of 2025. A former journalist, Gayle’s work has appeared in The New York Times, People, Elle, Time, Seventeen and more. A fierce advocate for children, Gayle is one of the founding members of Authors Against Book Bans. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.