Casey McQuiston

Born and bred in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Casey McQuiston studied journalism at Louisiana State University and worked extensively in magazine publishing before the publication of their first novel, Red, White & Royal Blue, in 2019. Swiftly climbing up the bestseller charts and taking TikTok by storm, this witty, feel-good queer romance brings together a fictionalised American President’s son and a British prince, as they are forced to fake a friendship in order to prevent a PR scandal and to bolster diplomatic relationship of their countries.

In 2021, their bestselling debut was followed by One Last Stop – a life-affirming tale of a cynical New York singleton whose firm ideas about the impossibility of love are challenged by an encounter on the subway. McQuiston’s third novel, I Kissed Shara Wheeler (2022), primarily written for a young adult audience, is a funny, dark and defiant queer rom com about two rival prom queens thrown into an unlikely alliance.