미들베리 대학에서 심리학을 전공한 캐럴은 Girl'sLife Magazine에서 십대들을 위한 카운슬러로 활동하고 있다. 『멜리닌 마틴의 일기』『Girltalk』등의 저서가 있으며 맨하탄에서 남편, 두 딸 그리고 토끼 하니 버니와 산다. 그녀는 어른이지만 영원한 소녀이다.

Carol Weston is a writer and speaker. She is the author of For Girls Only, Private and Personal, and Girltalk (Fourth Edition) as well as four Melanie Martin novels for younger readers. She's also the "Dear Carol" advice columnist of Girls' Life. Parenting says "Carol Weston gets girls" and Newsweek calls her a "Teen Dear Abby." Of For Girls Only, USA Today wrote, "There are so many dumb advice books that it's a pleasure to find one that really works." Carol has been a guest on Today, Oprah, The View, and other shows and has spoken at many schools both as an author of novels for elementary school kids as well as an advice giver for middle and high school kids. A Phi Beta Kappa Yale graduate with an M.A. in Spanish, she can give a talk at your school in English or Spanish. She now lives in Manhattan with her husband, daughters, and feisty cat Mike.