Boles graduated from St. Ursula Academy in Toledo, Ohio in 1994 and studied creative writing and theatre at Bowling Green State University.
She has worked for Glamour magazine, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, and Toledo Free Press.
She has also worked as a long-term substitute teacher for public and community schools.
Critics compared Boles' writing in Little Divas to the works of Judy Blume and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
[1] Sybil Wilkes of the Tom Joyner Morning Show twice featured Little Divas as a recommended book for youth.