Laurie Devore was born and raised in small town South Carolina and graduated from Clemson University. After four years in the balmy Midwest, she returned to her home in the south, where she now lives and works in Charleston. In her spare time, she reluctantly runs marathons, watches too much TV,  and works a “y’all” into every conversation. She is the author of A Better Bad Idea, Winner Take All and How to Break a Boy.