Credit: Kevin Nance, 2023.

Gwenda Bond

State: Kentucky

Gwenda Bond is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the first official Stranger Things novel, Suspicious Minds, the Lois Lane YA series, and the romantic comedies Not Your Average Hot Guy, The Date from Hell, and Mr. & Mrs. Witch. Her most recent novel is a magical art heist book, The Frame-Up. She has a number of forthcoming projects. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in Publishers Weekly, Locus Magazine, Salon, the Los Angeles Times, and many other publications. She co-founded and chairs the nonprofit Lexington Writer’s Room, and lives in a hundred-year-old house in Lexington, Kentucky, with a veritable zoo of adorable doggos and queenly cats. Visit her online at <a href="www.gwendabond.com"></a> or sign up for her Substack newsletter at <a href="gwendabond.substack.com"></a>.

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance

Audiences: Adult, Young Adult