Hayley Chewins is an award-winning author and a published poet. Her debut novel, THE TURNAWAY GIRLS (Candlewick, 2018), received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, and was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2018 as well as a 2019 Amelia Bloomer List pick. Her second novel, THE SISTERS OF STRAYGARDEN PLACE (Candlewick, 2020), also received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, and was chosen as the 2020 Foreword Indies Gold Winner for Juvenile Fiction and an Amazon Best Book of the Month. Hayley is also the author of LOKI: SEASON ONE NOVEL (Marvel Press, 2023), a middle grade novelization of Marvel's LOKI television show starring Tom Hiddleston. Her YA debut, I AM THE SWARM (Viking, 2025), has received four starred reviews. Hayley lives with her family in Johannesburg, South Africa. When she isn't writing books, she sings and writes music for her alt-pop band, EIGHT THOUSAND BIRDS. Her literary agent is Patricia Nelson at Looking Glass Literary & Media.