She graduated with an Honors degree in English literature from McGill University. Later, she moved to Toronto to work for Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. She used her romance publishing experiences to fuel her first novel Milkrun, which has since been published in 16 countries, selling over 600,000 copies around the globe. After her second novel Fishbowl was published, she moved to New York City to write full-time. She is best known for her New York Times best-selling series Whatever After. Along with authors Michael Buckley, Julia DeVillers, and Adele Griffin, Mlynowski is a co-founder of OMG BookFest, a book festival geared to middle grade readers.
