TEHLOR KAY MEJIA (he/him) is a bestselling and award winning author of queer books for all ages.
His debut young adult novel, We Set the Dark on Fire, received six starred reviews, as well as the Oregon Spirit Book Award for debut fiction, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award runner up honor for debut speculative fiction. It was featured on Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and O by Oprah Magazine’s best books lists, and was a 2019 book of the year selection by Kirkus and School Library Journal. The sequel, We Unleash the Merciless Storm, followed to continuing acclaim. In 2020 he released a co-write, Miss Meteor, with fellow queer Latinx author Anna-Marie McLemore. His recently concluded second YA duology, Lucha of the Night Forest and Lucha of the Forgotten Spring, released from the Make Me a World imprint headed by Christopher Meyers. They have received multiple starred reviews, as well as the former receiving an International Latino Book Award in the Young Adult Fantasy and Adventure category. Tehlor was also thrilled to contribute to the beloved Addams Family franchise when he novelized the hit Netflix show Wednesday, that title was released from Random House Children’s Books in 2024. His fifth offering in the young adult space, Marrow, a dark academia story starring a trans main character, is forthcoming from Wednesday Books in 2027.