Malinda Lo

Malinda Lo is an American author of young adult novels blending fantasy, science fiction and queer history, including Ash, Huntress, Adaptation, Inheritance, A Line in the Dark, Last Night at the Telegraph Club and A Scatter of Light. Born in Guangzhou, China, she immigrated to the United States as a child and grew up near Boulder, Colorado.

She holds a B.A. in economics and Chinese studies from Wellesley College, an M.A. in East Asian studies from Harvard University, and an M.A. in cultural anthropology from Stanford University. Last Night at the Telegraph Club won the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, a Stonewall Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and a Printz Honor.

She lives in Massachusetts.