Ali Benjamin is an award-winning author of young adult and middle grade fiction. Her debut novel, The Thing About Jellyfish, was a National Book Award Finalist and won numerous awards, including the Sydney Taylor Book Award, the Golden Kite Award, and the Indies Choice Book Award. Her second novel, The Next Great Paulie Fink, was published in 2019. She is also the author of the nonfiction book, The Science of Breakable Things.