Colleen Hoover (Margaret Colleen Fennell) is an author of young adult fiction and romance novels. She published her first novel, Slammed, in January 2012. In December 2012, she published Hopeless, which rose to the top of the New York Times best seller list. Many of her works have been self-published before being picked up by a publishing house.Hopeless, the story of what happened when a troubled girl named Sky encountered a long-lost childhood friend, Dean Holder. With Holder's help, Sky uncovered shocking family secrets and came to terms with memories and emotions that had left deep scars. Sometimes in life, in order to move forward you must face the past. Hopeless was Sky's story. Now, in Losing Hope, we finally learn the truth about Dean Holder.