Gaby Triana is the author of many books for young adults, a cake designer, a mother of three boys, and all-around extremely busy person. Her books include Backstage Pass, Cubanita, The Temptress Four, Riding the Universe, and Summer of Yesterday, and have collectively earned an IRA Teen Choice Award, been listed as ALA Best Paperbacks, praised by Booklist, School Library Journal, Kliatt, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and named one of Hispanic Magazine's Good Reads of 2008.