Brian Katcher is the author of two previous books, published by Delacorte; PLAYING WITH MATCHES, which won the 2010-2011 North Carolina Young Adult Book Award and was listed on the ALA's 2009 list of Best Books for Young Adults, and ALMOST PERFECT, which was the winner of the 2011 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award, and was listed by ALA as one of the Best Books for Young Adults in 2010. It is also one of YALSA's 2014 Best Books for the College Bound.

Brian is a school librarian and lives with his family in Missouri.