Gwen Cole grew up in northern New York, moved to Virginia, and got married at eighteen after she met her husband while playing in a hardcore band. She’s pretty good at video games, mediocre at skiing, and not great at softball, but still enjoys all of them.

Gwen is the award-winning author of Cold Summer (2017), Ride On (2018), and the Wattpad five-million-reads sensation Windswept (2020), all published with Sky Pony Press, and continues to write whatever is currently begging to come out.

Cole’s short story “Cereal Thieves” appears in The Gift Exchange: A YA Holiday Anthology (2025). Follow her on Instagram @GwenCole_ and her author website.