A first-generation Thai American, Pintip Dunn grew up in a tiny town in Kansas. She went on to graduate from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an AB, and to receive her JD at Yale Law School. Pintip is a two-time RITA(R) award winner and a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction. Her books have been translated into four languages, and they have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year.