Sharon Coady grew up in Rockville, Maryland. She is a wife, the mother of four girls and the grandmother if three granddaughters and seven grandsons. She is living in Florida with her husband Ed, three of her four girls and five of her grandsons. She currently works as a nurse for the Veterans Administration and loves writing when she gets a chance. Summer of Change is her second book and her first Young Adult novel. Her first book is Yesterday's Memories.