About the Author

Carole Sonnenfeld Geithner has over 20 years of experience as a clinical social worker in schools and a university, hospitals, counseling agencies, and private practice with children, teens, and adults, many of whom had childhoods shaped by significant loss. In addition to her clinical practice, she leads Writing to Heal workshops for non-profit service organizations, including Gilda’s Club Westchester.

As an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University's School of Medicine, she taught listening skills to medical students. Carole serves on the boards of The Sun Valley Writer's Conference and Kids In Need of Defense (KIND). Carole grew up in Princeton, NJ and has lived in Washington D.C., NY, France, and Japan. Her mother, Portia Sonnenfeld, died when Carole was twenty-five. She is married to Timothy Geithner and has two adult children.

Her novel, IF ONLY, was originally published by Scholastic and will be reissued in 2020.