Lee was born in Auckland, and lives in Wellington, New Zealand. She mostly writes m/m romances, usually fantasy or historical. She works in a large government department as a writer and editor. Lee has a degree in Ancient History from the University of Auckland, and a certificate in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. She likes walking in the hills with her dog and reading fairy tales in bed with her cats.
Favorite writers and books, in no particular order:
- Ursula Le Guin (The Left Hand of Darkness, Birthday of the World)
- Diana Wynne Jones (Howl’s Moving Castle, Magicians of Caprona)
- Austin Chant (Peter Darling)
- KJ Charles (Magpie Lord series)
- Jordan Castillo Price (PsyCop, Mnevermind)
- Jordan L Hawke (Whyborne and Griffin)
- CS Pascat (Captive Prince trilogy)
- Bill Bryson (At Home)
- Linda Medley (Castle Waiting)
- Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Saga)
- Satsuki Yoshino (Barakamon)
- Donna Tartt (The Secret History)
- Nghi Vo (Singing Hills cycle, Siren Queen)
- Martha Wells (Murderbot series).
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