Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Alex Stern series, The Familiar and the creator of the Grishaverse (adapted for a Netflix series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology—with more to come. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer, Hell Bent, and Ninth House (Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Fantasy 2019) which is being developed for television by Amazon Studios. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.