M.H. Lee is a Junior in high school. She started writing books in Elementary school and has kept her passion for writing books since. This is her first novel written in collaboration with her mother. The idea of The Desiderios started when she was in middle school. It wasn't until several years later that her mom picked up the book and started it up again. The mother-daughter duo is currently working on the next two books in the Balavan series and continues to have ideas for more books to come.