Alwyn Hamilton was born in Toronto and spent her childhood bouncing between Europe and Canada until her parents settled in France. She wrote her way to new places and developed a weakness for creating fantasy stories at a young age.

Alwyn’s New York Times-bestselling debut, the YA fantasy Rebel of the Sands, was published by Viking Children’s Books in the U.S. and Faber Children’s Books in the U.K., and in Brazil, France, Italy, Spain, and a bun ton of other places around the world! Its sequel, Traitor to the Throne, was published in spring 2017. Alwyn was named the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award winner for Best Debut Author.