Becca Fitzpatrick received a degree in community health from Brigham Young University in 2001. After graduating, she worked as a secretary/teacher/accountant at an alternative high school in Provo, Utah. She took a writing class in 2003. Her first book, Hush, Hush, was published in 2009 and debuted as a New York Times bestseller. She is the author of the Hush, Hush Saga, Black Ice, and Dangerous Lies.