Kyla Zhao is the author of the middle grade novel May the Best Player Win, as well as the adult novels The Fraud Squad and Valley Verified. She had her first women's magazine byline at the age of sixteen. Since then, she has also written for the Singapore editions of Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Tatler. A native Singaporean, Kyla now works in Silicon Valley after graduating from Stanford University in 2021. In 2023, Kyla made Forbes Asia's 30 under 30 list. She's still trying to understand why Californians adore hiking and Patagonia fleeces so much.