About the Author

Huntley Fitzpatrick always wanted to be a writer. She grew up in a small, coastal, Connecticut town much like the Stony Bay of her novels, My Life Next Door, What I Thought Was True, and The Boy Most Likely To. After college she worked in many fields, including as an editor at Harlequin, so she knew from romance. Before her death in 2022, Huntley was a full-time wife, mother, and writer who brought the world three critically acclaimed, utterly transporting young adult novels about love, friendship, family, and coming of age. Her My Life Next Door is considered a modern YA romance classic, and its characters reflect Huntley’s deep love for her family, who were everything to her.

Reviews

Praise for The Boy Most Likely To

"Oh, Huntley Fitzpatrick. You always know how to give my feminist heart a little romance. Thankfully we get to go back next door . . . with The Boy Most Likely To, a [companion] to the swoon-filled My Life Next Door."—Bustle

"Heartfelt . . . The well-defined characters, splashes of humor, and emotional entanglements of Fitzpatrick's previous works reappear in full force."—Publishers Weekly

"Pitch-perfect . . . Like Dessen or Blume, [Fitzpatrick] doesn't shy away from real high school life."—South Coast Today

"Utterly irresistible—a love story you'll fall hard for."—Deb Caletti, author of National Book Award Finalist Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

"A book everyone should read, regardless of age. A big-hearted, brave story filled with keen emotional insight, struggle, and utterly beautiful writing."—Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author of If You Only Knew

"A mesmerizing romance between two teens, completely lost in opposite ways, who find themselves in each other. I couldn't put it down."—Jennifer Echols, award-winning author of Forget You and Going Too Far

"A wild, chaotic, crazy-awesome ride with characters who feel as familiar as home. When I hit the end, I wanted to start over and read it all again."—Trish Doller, author of Something Like Normal