Krystal Sutherland has built her writing life on the edge of light and shadow, telling stories where beauty often hides something unsettling beneath the surface. Born in Townsville, Australia in 1990, she grew up in a landscape of endless summers, a setting that shaped her fascination with contrasts, sunlight against darkness, love against loss, and the ordinary touched by the uncanny.

Her breakout came with Our Chemical Hearts (2016), a tender and bruising look at first love and the ways it can unravel. Readers were drawn to its raw honesty, and the novel went on to be adapted into the Amazon Studios film Chemical Hearts. Sutherland followed with A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares, where curses, fears, and family secrets collide in a narrative that mixes surreal whimsy with heartfelt truth.

Time Lions

Step into a world where history is fragile, and even the smallest choice can ripple across centuries. In the Time Lions series, twins Pearl and Patrick Amarasinghe are brilliant, curious, and unexpectedly burdened with a secret that could change the past and the future. When their invention, the Chrono-Loop, opens a doorway to ancient civilizations, hidden societies, and forgotten corners of time, they are thrust into a race to preserve history while facing dangers that stretch far beyond their understanding.