Han­nah Reynolds grew up out­side of Boston, where she spent most of her child­hood and teenage years rec­om­mend­ing books to friends, work­ing at a book­store, and mak­ing choco­late desserts. She received her BA in Cre­ative Writ­ing and Archae­ol­o­gy from Itha­ca Col­lege, which meant she nev­er need­ed to stop telling roman­tic sto­ries or play­ing in the dirt. After liv­ing in San Fran­cis­co, New York, and Paris, she came back to Mass­a­chu­setts and now lives in Cambridge.