Rebekah Richards' fiction and nonfiction has been published in the "Atlanta-Journal Constitution," "Where the Children Play," "Philosophically Speaking," and tolerance.org. She attended Norton Elementary School, Snellville Middle School, and graduated fourth in her class from South Gwinnett High School in 2006, where she also played varsity basketball and soccer. She is working toward a Bachelor of Arts in English and American Literature, Creative Writing, and International and Global Studies at Brandeis University.