Morgan Baden's debut Young Adult novel, The Hive, co-written with her husband Barry Lyga, was named a Best Book of Fall 2019 by PEOPLE Magazine and was called "a gripping, tense, action-packed thriller" by Booklist. She's also the author of Lumos: Finding the Way Home, a nonfiction companion book to the HBO documentary of the same name, and the forthcoming YA novel Daphne & Velma: Dark Deception(coming Fall 2020). An established and bestselling ghostwriter, Morgan is also a communications consultant who has led social media and internal communications for iconic children's book brands. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.