Mackenzi Lee

MACKENZI LEE HOLDS A BA IN HISTORY AND AN MFA FROM SIMMONS COLLEGE IN WRITING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS. HER SHORT FICTION AND NONFICTION HAS APPEARED IN ATLAS OBSCURA, THE BOSTON GLOBE, CRIXEO, AND THE NEWPORT REVIEW, AMONG OTHERS.  HER DEBUT NOVEL, THIS MONSTROUS THING, WON THE PEN-NEW ENGLAND SUSAN P. BLOOM CHILDREN’S BOOK DISCOVERY AWARD. HER SECOND NOVEL, THE GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE WAS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, AN ABA BESTSELLER, WAS AWARDED A 2018 STONEWALL BOOK AWARD HONOR AND THE NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD, AND IS CURRENTLY BEING ADAPTED FOR HBO BY GREG BERLANTI. THE SEQUEL, THE LADY’S GUIDE TO PETTICOATS AND PIRACY, DEBUTED AT #3 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST AMID CRITICAL PRAISE. SHE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF BYGONE BADASS BROADS, A COLLECTION OF SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN IN HISTORY YOU PROBABLY DON’T KNOW ABOUT BUT SHOULD, BASED ON HER VIRAL TWITTER SERIES OF THE SAME NAME, AND THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 50 DOGS, WHICH IS THE SAME BUT DOGS. SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SERIES FOR MARVEL, WHICH KICKED OFF IN SEPTEMBER 2019 WITH LOKI: WHERE MISCHIEF LIES. SHE WAS NAMED TO THE FORBES 30 UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2020 FOR HER WORK IN BRINGING MINORITY NARRATIVES TO HISTORICAL FICTION AND NON FICTION. SHE LOVES DIET COKE, SWEATER WEATHER, AND STAR WARS. ON A PERFECT DAY, SHE CAN BE FOUND ENJOYING ALL THREE WITH HER ST. BERNARD, QUEENIE.