Sarah Dessen waitressed at the restaurant Flying Burrito while launching her writing career as a novelist for young adult literature.
Dessen waitressed at the restaurant Flying Burrito in Chapel Hill while launching her writing career. Some of her novels have been among the ALA's "Best Fiction for Young Adults" selections: That Summer (1997), Someone Like You (1999), Keeping the Moon (2000), Dreamland (2001), This Lullaby (2003), Just Listen (2007), and Along for the Ride (2010). 
