official author bios
short bio
Emily Varga is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling YA fantasy author of THE RIVER SHE BECAME (a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, and Indigo’s #2 Teen Book of 2026) and FOR SHE IS WRATH (an instant indie bestseller, Goodreads Choice nominee, and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlist). When she’s not writing, Emily is a family law lawyer, mother to two wild ones and many pets, and occasional hiker. She lives in the Rocky Mountains of Canada.
long bio
Emily Varga is a fantasy author with a fondness for getting lost in bookstores and watching a lot of terrible reality tv. She has lived all over the world – England, Scotland, Australia – but currently calls the Rocky Mountains of western Canada home, where she lives with her family and their menagerie of pets. When she’s not writing, Emily cohosts the ON THE WRITE TRACK podcast and works as a family lawyer, where she learned more about storytelling than she ever expected.
Her debut novel, FOR SHE IS WRATH, a Pakistani-inspired Count of Monte Cristo retelling, was an instant indie bestseller, a Goodreads Choice nominee, and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Her second novel, THE RIVER SHE BECAME, is a #1 Sunday Times bestseller, a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, and was named Indigo’s #2 Teen Book of 2026.
Her debut novel, FOR SHE IS WRATH, a Pakistani-inspired Count of Monte Cristo retelling, was an instant indie bestseller, a Goodreads Choice nominee, and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Her second novel, THE RIVER SHE BECAME, is a #1 Sunday Times bestseller, a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, and was named Indigo’s #2 Teen Book of 2026.
