Author Simone Elkeles was born with a "storytelling gene"
Posted: April 23, 2019, 10:32AMAfter picking up a romance novel while at the library with her young daughter, Simone Elkeles was hooked. She read more than 100 before trying her hand at writing the genre, and quickly became a New York Times bestselling young adult author. She is best known for her teen romance Perfect Chemistry.
Hear Elkeles' take on the impact books can have: