Nora Baskin was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She graduated from the State University of New York and she has taught preschool for several years. Her books are based on her life. Nora Baskin now teaches writing and literature in a school. She lives in Weston, Connecticut with her family.
In 2001, her first novel,''What Every Girl (except me) Knows, was released.'' In which the book being about a young girl going through life without a mother to lead her.