Gayle Forman (born June 5, 1970) is a #1 New York Times bestselling American young adult novelist and former investigative journalist whose emotionally resonant fiction has captured millions of readers across more than forty languages. Raised in Los Angeles and educated at the University of Southern California, she spent years as a freelance journalist writing for prestigious publications like Seventeen, Glamour, Details, and The Nation, focusing on youth culture and global social issues—experiences that later infused her fiction with profound empathy. She catapulted into international literary superstardom with her 2009 dual-timeline masterpiece, If I Stay, a deeply moving novel tracking a teenage cellist facing a life-or-death choice following a catastrophic car accident. The breakout sensation was adapted into a blockbuster 2014 Hollywood feature film starring Chloë Grace Moretz. Forman expanded her massive contemporary romance empire with its bestselling sequel, Where She Went, her internationally set Just One Day and Just One Year duology, the psychological thriller I Was Here, and her acclaimed adult fiction debut, Bypass Through.
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