Ariel Schrag was born in Berkeley. Her debut novel, ADAM, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in June 2014. She is the author of the graphic memoirs Awkward, Definition, Potential, and Likewise (Simon & Schuster), which chronicle her four years at Berkeley High School. In 2009 she toured the U.S. and Canada with the writers performance group Sister Spit. She lives in Brooklyn.