Soman Chainani

b. 1979·American

Soman Chainani is an American author born on August 2, 1979, best known for creating The School for Good and Evil fantasy series, which follows two girls swept into a world where fairy tales are trained rather than told. The series became a major bestseller and was later adapted into a Netflix film, cementing Chainani's place as a leading voice in middle-grade and young adult fiction.