Stacy Lee

Stacey Lee is the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of historical and contemporary young adult fiction, including The Downstairs Girl, a Reese's Book Club YA pick; Luck of the Titanic, which received five starred reviews; and her forthcoming gothic mystery, Heiress of Nowhere, which Booklist called "an exceptional novel." A native of Southern California and fourth-generation Chinese American, she practiced law before retiring to start her real job: writing books. Her novels have been published in over a dozen countries and have won the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Award, the PEN Center Award for Best YA, the Northern California Book Award, and the Golden Poppy Award. She is a co-founder of We Need Diverse Books and writes stories for all kids, even the ones who look like adults.