[2] White graduated in 2004 from Brigham Young University, where she studied English.

[5] White is a writer covering a variety of genres (fantasy, historical fiction, paranormal, horror); she writes middle grade, young adult, and adult fiction.

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein won the 2018 Bram Stoker Award for Young Adult category.

[6] White's first novel, Paranormalcy (2009), debuted at #7 on the New York Times Best Seller list in the "Children's Books—Chapter Books" category.

[9] A subsequent work received mention on the Lone Star Reading List, Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scary Tales (2017);[10] And I Darken (2016) received mention on the 2017 Rainbow Book List.