Gail Giles is the author of several books for young adults, including Shattering Glass, What Happened to Cass McBride?, and Right Behind You. About Girls Like Us, she says, I taught special ed students like Biddy and Quincy for twenty years, and I ve been wanting to tell their stories stories of courage, sometimes pain, and certainly triumph for a long time. Gail Giles lives near Houston, Texas.