Veeda Bybee is an Asian American author of fiction and nonfiction. She is a former journalist with a BA in communications (print journalism) from Brigham Young University and holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of several books for young readers, including Shining a Light: Celebrating 40 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Changed the World, and a contributor to the YA anthology Rural Voices and middle grade anthology Calling the Moon. Veeda lives in Nevada with her family where she reads, writes, and bakes.