Renée Carlino is the author of Sweet Thing, Sweet Little Thing, Nowhere But Here and upcoming After the Rain. She is a California native currently residing in a beach town in Southern California where she lives with her husband, their two boys, and their sweet dog, June. Even though she's lived in California her whole life, she's had a long-standing affair with the big city. New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles are some of her favorite places. She likes to place her characters in different settings where she can use the unique qualities of the location to help tell the story.