Trang Thanh Tran is the New York Times bestselling author of She Is a Haunting. They write speculative stories with big emotions. They grew up in a big family in Philadelphia, then abandoned degrees in sociology and public health to tell stories in Georgia. When not writing, they can be found over-caffeinating on iced coffee and watching zombie movies. Their debut novel was a 2023 William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalist and a 2024 Bram Stoker Award winner. Their second novel They Bloom at Night is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection and garnered starred reviews from Booklist and School Library Journal.