Cassandra HarttCassandra Hartt grew up in upstate New York and Maine, where she spent most of her childhood among the seaside suburbs and rocky beaches that inspired the fictional town of West Finch. She went on to earn an English degree from Dartmouth College and urrently works as a program manager for Google. She lives in the Bay Area and wishes she had a dog. The Sea Is Salt And So Am I is her first novel. Read More Read Less