Stephanie Hemphill

[1] Hemphill grew up in Chicago and began writing at an early age, as part of the Young Authors afterschool program.

The characterization of the main characters was considered excellent and the pacing of the story praised by School Library Journal.

[8] Hemphill also felt a kinship to Plath during the time of her writing, since her marriage was ending and she was in the grips of being both overworked and depressed.

[10] The Chicago Tribune reviewed Your Own, Syliva, writing about the novel that "rarely is there such a striking and successful blend of literary form and subject.

[14] The Horn Book Magazine has singled out her novels in verse to highlight, calling the poetry in her 2012 work, Sisters of Glass, "elegant.