“Family was even a bigger word than I imagined, wide and without limitations, if you allowed it, defying easy definition. You had family that was supposed to be family and wasn't, family that wasn't family but was, halves becoming whole, wholes splitting into two; it was possible to lack whole, honest love and connection from family in lead roles, yet to be filled to abundance by the unexpected supporting players.”

American writer of young adult and adult fiction

Deb Caletti is an American writer of young adult and adult fiction. She has been a National Book Award finalist and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book medalist, and her work has also received several other awards. Her novels often draw on the Pacific Northwest, and her young adult fiction is noted for taking on difficult subjects usually associated with adult literature. Her first adult novel, "He's Gone," was published in 2013, and she has since written more books for adult readers as well as many titles for teens.