Sara Nickerson studied journalism and creative writing at Washington State University. After graduation she moved to Seattle and began her writing career, working in television and film. She wrote a screenplay that would become her first middle-grade novel: How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (HarperCollins, 2002). She is also the author of The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose & Me (Dutton, 2015) and Last Meeting of the Gorilla Club (Dutton, 2019).