Hi! Iā€™m Lyla. I write cute and sometimes swoony books for all ages.

For information about my upcoming events, please go here. To pre-order my books, scroll down below. For business inquiries and any other questions, please contact me through here. Thank you!

Lyla Lee author photo by Antony Huang

Author Photo by: Antony Huang Photography

Pre-order my 2025 releases below

For YA readers. My modern-day K-drama remix of Pride & Prejudice comes out this fall, just in time for cuffing season. Pre-order here.

For adult readers. My adult romance debut is coming out on May 27th, just in time for Pride Month! Pre-order here.

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TW: Death // I lost my last remaining grandparent today. My grandmother was many things. Loud, even when women were told to be quiet. Funny, often unintentionally because of how chaotic she was. She was also the best cook I&rsquo;ve ever known. Growi
New York City! Okay tbh I was gonna say, &ldquo;West Coast, best coast,&rdquo; but y&rsquo;all really showed up for us today at our AAPI panel šŸ˜­šŸ’– at @booksofwonder . And y&rsquo;all asked the best questions! We had a completely full house, with som
We made publisher&rsquo;s weekly! šŸ„°šŸ’– They got Mindy&rsquo;s age wrong (she&rsquo;s in elementary school, not middle), but that&rsquo;s ok šŸ¤£. Thank you again to everyone who showed up for Mindy on this tour. I&rsquo;ll do a full recap post later bu
This Saturday is the last stop of the Goodbye, Mindy! Tour and I couldn&rsquo;t think of a better way to wrap things up. On Saturday, 5/10, I&rsquo;ll be joined by fellow amazing Asian authors @ktzhaoauthor , @sayantanidasguptabooks , and @abigailhin
Tomorrow! šŸ’– I&rsquo;ll be at @politicsprose on two occasions. First, for an in-store school visit in the morning (second), and the second, for an open-to-the public meet &amp; greet at the store from 4-6 pm. Hope to see you there if you&rsquo;re in
East Coast, I&rsquo;m headed your way! šŸ’– Here are the events that I have this week as part of the Goodbye, Mindy tour. Hope to see you at one of my events! For more info, please go to my website. Thank you! #lylalee #mindykim #mindykimseries #mind
It was a completely full house (we ran out of chairs so some people had to sit on the floor šŸ˜­) at @bnirvinespectrum and it was such an amazing way to wrap up the West Coast leg of the Goodbye, Mindy tour! Special shout outs go to: - @julieabebooks
Happy Friday! In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I have two fun events lined up in SoCal this weekend. āœØ On Saturday, 5/3, I&rsquo;ll be at @cbwchildrensbooks for an Emerging Readers&rsquo; Party with @teachaapi at 12:30
Missed me at my San Carlos event yesterday? Today is your last chance to see me in the Bay Area before I head down to my SoCal events! Today at 4-5 PM, I&rsquo;ll be at @banterbookshop in Fremont, CA! Fremont is the first city my family and I lived
Coincidentally both the new Mindy and Gigi books came out the day before my birthday šŸ˜…, which means I had to go on a work trip during my bday and not an actual vacation. The timing was a bit of a bummer when I realized, BUT!!! omg this day really
Surprise! My second stop of the tour at @thereadingbug later today will now be a conversation with local author @misallaneous1 instead of being just a meet and greet šŸ„°šŸ’– I will also be signing books and giving out swag like originally planned. Than