Ronnie Riley (they/them) is many things: fat, queer, trans, nonbinary, demisexual, lesbian, neurodivergent, disabled, Canadian.

They live with their wife in Toronto, Ontario, and collect books, friends, and cats. They love ice cream any day of the year, birds with long legs, and messy reality TV.

They are the author of Jude Saves the World, Asking for a Friend, and Look Pretty all published by Scholastic Press. Jude Saves the World is an Indies Introduce and an Indies Kids’ Next List pick. Both books were Forest of Reading Silver Birch nominees. Their new book, Look Pretty, is on sale January 5, 2027.