Elly Swartz grew up in Yard­ley, Penn­syl­va­nia, where she lived a hap­py child­hood filled with laughs, fam­i­ly din­ners, and crooked birth­day cakes. She stud­ied psy­chol­o­gy at Boston Uni­ver­si­ty and received a law degree from George­town Uni­ver­si­ty School of Law. The moth­er of two grown sons, Elly now lives in Mass­a­chu­setts with her hus­band. Find­ing Per­fect was her debut novel.