Aya de León is the AfroLatina author of Undercover Latina, a companion book set in the same world as Untraceable, and several suspense novels for adults, as well as The Mystery Woman in Room Three, a free serialized online novel about two undocumented Dominican teens who uncover a kidnapping plot to stop the Green New Deal. She teaches creative writing at the University of California, Berkeley, and is active in movements for racial, gender, and climate justice. She lives in Northern California.