Sweeney is the New York Times bestselling author of "The Nest,” fiction finalist for the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award and one of the best books of 2016 according to Amazon, The Washington Post and others. "The Nest" has been translated into 26 languages and optioned for film by Amazon Studios with Sweeney writing the adaptation. Sweeney has an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and lives in Los Angeles.