Leila Howland was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, and is the author of the Forget-Me-Not Summer middle grade series, as well as the young adult novels Nantucket Blue, Nantucket Red, and Hello, Sunshine. A graduate of Georgetown University, Leila spent five years as an actor in New York before she returned to her first love, writing. Currently, she's a school librarian in Los Angeles, where she lives with her family.