Taryn Bashford is from a family of elite athletes, musicians, and academics, and is fascinated by driven teens. Born in South Africa, raised in England, and with career stints in New York, Colorado, and London, Taryn has been a media manager and executive director of an internet company—at the age of 29, she was heading up Carlton Television’s Internet Agency and was one of the youngest CEOs in London—but she now very happily writes full time.

She lives in Queensland, Australia, with her husband and teen children.