Tracy Deonn

Tracy Deonn is a #1 New York Times bestselling American author, best known for the young adult fantasy Legendborn Cycle — Legendborn (2020), Bloodmarked (2022) and Oathbound (2025) — which reimagines Arthurian legend around a Black teenage protagonist and explores magic, identity and the legacy of history.

Legendborn won the Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe Award for New Talent and the 2021 Ignyte Award for Best Young Adult Novel. Deonn was raised in central North Carolina and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in communication and performance studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; she previously worked in live theater, video game production and K–12 education.