About the Author

Samantha Schutz is the author of the acclaimed memoir I Don't Want to Be Crazy, which was a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens and Voices of Youth Advocates Poetry Pick. You Are Not Here is her first novel. Samantha lives and works in New York City as a children's book editor. For more about her, please visit www.samanthaschutz.net.

Reviews

Praise for You Are Not Here: The death of someone you love will define you in ways small and large. It can defeat you. Or deliver you. You Are Not Here is a story about ultimate deliverance, and one you'll not soon forget. - Ellen Hopkins These refreshingly spare lines tackle tough relational issues-intimacy, risk, abandonment-with aplomb, making for a moving tale that also effectively shows teens how life can go on. - Kirkus