Amy Pattee is an associate professor at Simmons University, where she teaches children's and young adult literature. After completing her master's in library science at Rutgers University, Pattee worked as a children's librarian. She received her doctorate in library and information science from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Pattee has published in journals related to library science and children's literature. Her most recent book, Developing Library Collections for Today's Young Adults, was published in 2013.