Lang Leav is an Australian novelist and poet. She was born on September 8, 1980, in a refugee camp as her family fled the Khmer Rouge Regime. Her formative years were spent in Sydney, Australia, in the predominantly migrant town of Cabramatta.

Among her many achievements, Lang is the winner of a Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, a Churchill Fellowship, and a Goodreads Reader’s Choice Award. Lang has been featured on various platforms, including CNN, NPR, SBS Australia, Intelligence Squared UK, Radio New Zealand, and in publications such as Lithub, Vogue, Newsweek, the Straits Times, the Guardian, and the New York Times.

She currently resides in New Zealand with her partner and fellow author, Michael Faudet.