Kylie Lee Baker is a bestselling author of young adult dark fantasy and adult horror whose Japanese, Chinese, and Irish heritage often shapes her atmospheric, culturally rich fiction. Raised near Boston, she earned a B.A. in Creative Writing and Spanish from Emory University and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Simmons University, and has lived and worked in Atlanta, Salamanca, and Seoul. Her books include The Keeper of Night duology, The Scarlet Alchemist duology, and her adult horror debut Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng, which won the 2025 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel. She is also the author of the 2026 gothic horror novel Japanese Gothic.