Lani Young is an international bestselling author of YA fantasy, contemporary romance and literary fiction. The 2018 Pacific Laureate, her work is inspired by the diverse mythology of Oceania and the richness of her cultural heritage as a Samoan and Maori woman. When she's not writing (or reading), she's baking cookies, talking to dogs, and trying to do triathlons. She lives in Samoa and New Zealand with her Ironman husband and four children.