Courtney DeaneCourtney Deane grew up in Ontario, California, where she attended Catholic school through high school. She holds bachelors' degrees in English and sociology from UC Irvine, as well as a master's in journalism from USC. For the last fifteen yeas, she has worked full time as a freelance writer for print, digital, and broadcast entities, in addition to serving a variety of PR and marketing clients. A lover of fitness and the outdoors, Courtney runs and practices yoga and loves going on long hikes and beach walks with her husband and their two-year-old daughter. Like her protagonist, Abigail, she lost her own parents far too early. When Happily Ever After Fails is Courtney's debut novel (but will not be her last!). Read More Read Less