Famous for her New York Times bestselling Lunar Chronicles novels, Meyer published Cinder, the first book in the series, in 2012. Between 2013 and 2015, she penned four more titles: Scarlet, Cress, Winter, and Fairest-Levana's Story. After earning a creative writing degree from Pacific Lutheran University, she pursued a career as an editor and, on the side, wrote fan fiction based on the Sailor Moon Japanese anime series.