Libba Bray

Libba Bray (born Martha Elizabeth Bray, March 11, 1964, in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known for the Gemma Doyle Trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, The Sweet Far Thing) and The Diviners series, as well as the standalone novels Going Bovine and Beauty Queens. She grew up in Texas, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and worked in publishing and advertising before becoming a full-time novelist. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.