About Me

Kylie Lee Baker is the author of both young adult and adult novels, including Hell to Pay (forthcoming in 2027) and Japanese Gothic (2026), a USA Today bestseller, Indie Next, and LibraryReads Pick. Kylie’s writing is informed by her heritage (Japanese, Chinese, and Irish) and her experiences living abroad. She has a B.A. in Creative Writing and Spanish and an M.S. in Library and Information Science. Kylie’s adult debut Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (2025) won the 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards for Best Novel and was named a best book of the year by The New York Times, USA Today, CrimeReads, and others. Find her at www.kylieleebaker.com.

 

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