About the author
The author of the book flipped is Wendelin van Draanen. She was born in Chicago, Illinois in January 1965. Wendlin is an American author who writes alot of childerns books. She lives in California with her husband Mark and two kids named Colton and Connor. Before her career in writing she was a math teacher and then a high school computer science teacher. She is well known for her Sammy Keyes series as well as her series titled "Shredderman". Wendelin also has other books like Confessions of a Serial Kisser, Enemy Spy, How I Survived Being a Girl and the Gecko & Stickey series. Wendelin didn't know she wanted to be an author until she was an adult. She tried to wirte a screen play and found that it was very difficult and resorted to making novels for adults, but soon enough she found out writing childrens books was a better fit for her. Her first published book was the first in the Sammy Keyes series in 1997.