CJ Daugherty, also known as Christi Daugherty, is a novelist best known for Night School and sequels, a series of bestselling young adult romantic thrillers set in a fictional boarding school called Cimmeria Academy.[1] She began her career as a journalist, writing for publications such as the Dallas Morning News,[2]Reuters,[3] and Time Out. After a brief period working for the British government,[4] she began writing novels in 2010.[5]