Chanel Cleeton is the bestselling author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Next Year in Havana. She was born and raised in Florida, where she often heard stories of her family's exodus from Cuba following the events of the Cuban Revolution. She studied in England where she earned a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Richmond, The American International University in London and a master's degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics & Political Science. Chanel also received her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Her title's include: Into the Blue, London Falling and Fly with Me.