Tracy Deonn is the #1 New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author of the Legendborn Cycle. The Cycle includes the internationally bestselling titles, Legendborn and Bloodmarked, with a third title, Oathbound, set for release in 2025 and a fourth novel to follow.

Legendborn has been translated into over a dozen languages. Tracy’s writing has appeared in several anthologies, on Tor.com, and in the 40th Anniversary The Empire Strikes Back collection, From a Certain Point of View. She was also a featured expert in the 2019 Star Wars fandom SyFy Channel docu-series Looking for Leia, and served as a co-writer and consulting producer.

After earning her master’s degree in communication and performance studies from UNC, Tracy worked in live theater, video game production, and K–12 education. As an instructor, she taught theater to middle and undergraduate students, and creative and academic writing at the university level.

When she’s not writing, Tracy enjoys reading comics and fanfic, dreaming up new magic systems, and searching for ginger-flavored delights.