Anna Renee Todd is an author who was born in 1989 in Dayton, Ohio. She has become known for her new adult romance the "After" series. She started by writing stories on her phone and publishing a chapter almost daily for about a year. Her prequel novel, "Before", published in 2015, explains the events of "After" from the view of Hardin Scott. Her other title's include: After We Collided, After We Fell, After Ever Happy, and Nothing Less.