Tarryn Fisher is a South African-born novelist based in Seattle, Washington, United States. She writes primarily in the romance, thriller, and new adult genres, and is best known for her New York Times best selling novels The Wives and The Wrong Family.

Fisher has expressed a desire to write novels that evoke strong emotions, believing that sadness, especially when mixed with regret, is a powerful force in storytelling. She has a fondness for villains and often centers her stories around complex characters reminiscent of classic villains such as Mother Gothel, Gaston, and the Evil Queen, all of whom exhibit vanity, a trait Fisher humorously admits to sharing.

She enjoys rain, Coke, Starbucks, and sarcasm, while disliking bad adjectives and the word "smolder." Despite the varying reception of her work, she maintains a lighthearted approach, stating, "If you read my book-I love you. If you hate my book-I still love you, but please don't be mean to me; I'm half badass, half cry baby."