Claim: Sarah Dessen waitressed at the restaurant Flying Burrito while launching her writing career as a novelist for young adult literature.
Evidence: Dessen waitressed at the restaurant Flying Burrito in Chapel Hill while launching her writing career. Some of her novels have been among the ALA's "Best Fiction for Young Adults" selections: That Summer (1997), Someone Like You (1999), Keeping the Moon (2000), Dreamland (2001), This Lullaby (2003), Just Listen (2007), and Along for the Ride (2010).