Ally Condie — American Novelist

Allyson Braithwaite Condie is an American writer of young-adult fiction, primarily under the name Ally Condie. She wrote the Matched trilogy , a science fiction dystopia, whose first book, Matched, was a New York Times Best Seller... (wikipedia)

One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at lots of stuff. He was an English teacher when I met him. He wrote poetry and played the guitar. As time went on, he decided to go into economics, so he's very analytical and mathematical in addition to his artsy side.
The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.
In my own life, I'm pretty good at choosing between good and bad. It's the choices between good and good I find the most difficult to make.
When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.
There's nothing like reading about a world that feels dead to throw your own beautiful, colorful life into sharp relief.