Colleen Temple, M. Ed (she/her) is the Amazon best-selling author of her debut novel, Summer Breakdown. She is the former essays editor at a popular parenting website, and the editor of This Is Motherhood: A Collection of Reflections + Practices. Born and raised in New York, she now lives in a coastal Massachusetts town with her husband Colin and their three lively, creative, and hilarious children. Her work has been featured in Real Simple, The Huffington Post, Motherly, Insider, The Gottman Institute, and the quirky notes she puts in her kid’s lunchboxes (when she remembers). You can find more of her work online at @colltemple (Instagram) and @watchcollwrite (TikTok). www.colleentemple.com