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Natasha Ngan (born 1990) is an English writer of sci-fi and fantasy young adult fiction, best known for her New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy series Girls of Paper and Fire.

Ngan was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. She is mixed-race and grew up between the U.K. and Malaysia. She is of Malaysian descent on her mother's side and spent a lot of time there growing up. Ngan says that her multicultural upbringing contributed to her wanting to write diverse stories. Ngan has always been interested in intercultural relations, which she names as one of the reasons why she studied geography at the University of Cambridge, specializing in cultural geography. There, she first developed the idea for what would become her debut novel, The Elites. After graduation, she started working for a social media agency in London. Aside from writing, she is also a fashion blogger and teaches yoga.