Sanna Thompson lives in Pōneke Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand with a cat, some friends, and many books. She once spent a year climbing up and down Brooklyn Hill, the same route Kieran takes home, and loves walking on wild, windy beaches – as long as there's coffee and gelato nearby. The Paradise Generation is her first novel. It was shortlisted for the Storylines Tessa Duder Award in 2022 and won the 2025 Young Adult Fiction Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. You can find her at www.sannathompson.com or on Instagram or Twitter (/X) @sannathonz. If you'd like to sign up to her newsletter (and/or get a bonus short story from Mira's point of view, "Mira, Alone"), go to linktr.ee/sannathonz.