Ava Dellaira was born in Los Angeles. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago, and then received her MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop after which she moved to Los Angeles assisting Stephen Chbosky, the author of THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, as an associate producer on his film adaptation of the book. The author of LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD, Ava adapted it into a screenplay for Temple Hill (the company that produced Twilight and The Fault In Our Stars). She has since written IN SEARCH OF US and the adult novel EXPOSURE.
