Heather Young

Heather Young is an American author of mystery and historical fiction, best known for her debut novel The Lost Girls, which won the Strand Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for an Edgar Award. A former antitrust and intellectual property litigator with a law degree from the University of Virginia, she earned her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars in 2011 before transitioning to writing. She currently lives in Mill Valley, California, with her husband and two children.