Hanna Alkaf is a Malaysian writer of internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed books for children and young adults, including The Weight of Our Sky, The Girl and the Ghost, Queen of the Tiles, Hamra and the Jungle of Memories, and The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's. She is co-editor of the YA anthology The Grimoire of Grave Fates, co-creator and author of the middle-grade horror series Tales from Cabin 23, and editor of the forthcoming Southeast Asian fantasy anthology The Beasts Beneath the Winds. A journalism graduate of Northwestern University, she is a two-time Freeman Award winner and a Kirkus Prize finalist. She lives in the Klang Valley with her family.