Cindy R. X. He is an Edgar Award nominated author, and the queen of tension and psychological crimes against readers¹, who writes chilling and suspense-filled tragedies² with propulsive, Hitchcockian plots³ and complex relationship dynamics⁴. Her books have been an Edgar Award nominee, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, a Children's Book Council Favorites Awards Winner, nominated for the Arkansas Teen Book Award, recommended by the Chicago Public Libraries for Best Teen Fiction, as well as a finalist for the Daphne du Maurier Award and the Killer Nashville Claymore Award.

Born and raised in multicultural Singapore, she currently resides in the French Alps with her husband, children, and rescue cat. She skis in the winter, gets dragged on hikes in the summer (and sometimes, even worse still, camping), and hoards books all year round.

¹ Courtney Summers ² Kirkus ³ Booklist ⁴ Publishers Weekly