Jp Barnaby

Let's get real. Yes, JP Barnaby is an award-winning romance author whose Survivor Series was heralded as one of USA Today's favorites. But what you should really know is that JP is a mental health advocate. She writes about all kinds people with mntal health issues because the conversation needs to be had-out loud. Depressed people fall in love. Anxious people fall in love. Schizophrenics fall in love.

Everyone deserves to fall in love.

On a side note, JP fell in love with a super chill guy who loves her, not despite all her rips and creases but because of them. So does her 70-lb Staffy, only she does it with more fur.