Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in New York, Paula Danziger knew since second grade that she wanted to be a writer. Beginning her career as a teacher, Danziger taught at the junior high, high school, college levels. She received her Masters Degree in reading and during that time she wrote her first bestselling novel, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit. She returned to teaching, but the success of her book encouraged her to become a full-time writer. It was nonstop for Danziger since then. Among her titles are the enormously popular Amber Brown books as well as Remember Me to Harold Square, The Divorce Express, and Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?