Li Bardugo

According to information from Leigh Bardugo’s official website, she was born in Jerusalem; grew up in Los Angeles; and graduated from Yale University. She currently lives in glamorous Hollywood, where she often goes shopping and visits beauty salons. She works as a makeup artist and sometimes performs with her band, Captain Automatic. Unfortunately, this is all the writer considered necessary to share with her fans.

In 2012, Bardugo’s first novel, “Shadow and Bone,” was published, launching the “The Grisha” trilogy. According to the writer, the novel is based on how she felt at the time when she was reading about Russian culture and folklore — she spent about two months studying Russian history and mythology (“I set that limit of two months,” she said, “because I was afraid I wouldn’t return to the project if I got too absorbed in the research”).