Paula McLain was born in Fresno, California and spent the majority of her childhood in foster care. After aging out of the system, she supported herself in a variety of minimum wage jobs before discovering that she could and very much wanted to write. She has an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan and is the author of six novels, including The New York Times and international bestseller, The Paris Wife. She is also the author of two collections of poetry and a memoir. Her latest offering is Skylark, which is the Good Morning America Book Club Pick for January.