Leslie R. Schover is a clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gist and brings her knowl­edge of peo­ple and rela­tion­ships to her fic­tion. Schover spent her career at the Cleve­land Clin­ic and MD Ander­son Can­cer Cen­ter. where she pub­lished three self-help books and cre­at­ed a dig­i­tal health com­pa­ny to edu­cate peo­ple with can­cer about sex and fer­til­i­ty. She lives in Hous­ton, Texas with her faith­ful dog, Luc.