Simone Elkeles

Simone Elkeles (born April 24, 1970), is an American author known for the teen romance Perfect Chemistry Trilogy and How To Ruin Trilogy. She is a New York Times Bestselling young adult author. Simone has won the 2010 RITA Award for Best Young Adult Romance from the Romance Writers of America for her book Perfect Chemistry. The sequel to Perfect Chemistry, Rules of Attraction, appeared on USA Today Best Sellers List and The New York Times Best Sellers List.

Early years

Simone Elkeles was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 24, 1970 . Her family later moved to Glenview, Illinois up until her freshman year of high school when they moved to Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She attended Deerfield High School and graduated in 1988. Simone Elkeles has been a photographer in fraternity and sorority parties, a diversity trainer and the owner of a manufacturing. She then attended Purdue University, but graduated from the University of Illinois earning a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She later earned her Master's of Science degree in Industrial Relations from Loyola University-Chicago. While working for manufacturing company creating diversity programs for their employees she continued her education at Loyola University-Chicago, where she received her Master’s of Science degree in Industrial Relations. After finishing her education she went to work at her father’s manufacturing company. When he died, she—at 24 years old—became the CEO. She learned about marketing and about business, instead of teaching her about writing. She has one son and one daughter. Her daughter was pulled from highschool due to personal issues and in 2014, Elkeles was divorced from her husband.