Maureen Johnson is an American author of young adult fiction, born on February 16, 1973. Her published novels include series-leading titles such as 13 Little Blue Envelopes, The Name of the Star, Truly Devious, and Suite Scarlett. Among Johnson's works are collaborative efforts such as Let It Snow, a holiday romance novel of interwoven stories co-written with John Green and Lauren Myracle, and a series of novellas found in New York Times bestselling anthologies The Bane Chronicles, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, and Ghosts of the Shadow Market.

Maureen Johnson is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Buzzfeed, and The Guardian, and she has also served as a scriptwriter for EA Games. She holds an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and lives in New York City.

Johnson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of Delaware, home of the Fighting Blue Hens, with a major in writing but spent much of her time working on shows. After college, she became the literary manager of a wonderful (but now defunct) Philadelphia theater company and later moved to New York to study theatrical dramaturgy and writing at Columbia University School of the Arts.