Laini /ˈleɪni/[1] Taylor (born December 22, 1971) is an American young adult fantasy author and a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature,[2] best known for the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series, Strange the Dreamer, and Muse of Nightmares.

[4] In 2004, she wrote a graphic novel for Image Comics, illustrated by her husband, Jim Di Bartolo.

[6] In 2011, she published Daughter of Smoke and Bone, a young adult fantasy series.

Taylor created a unique language for this world, which she weaves into the plot.

Strange the Dreamer became a Michael L. Printz Honor Book[9] as well as the 2018 Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature.