Ally Condie is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Matched trilogy and its companion novel, The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe. She has also written Summerlost, a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery, the bestselling novel Atlantia, and co-authored the Darkdeep middle grade series. Formerly an English teacher, Ally holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is the founder and director of the WriteOut Foundation. She resides outside of Salt Lake City, Utah with her family.