Lydia Kang is a physician who caught the writing bug several years ago and does not want the antidote, thank you very much. She is the author of the young adult novels Toxic, The November Girl, Control, and Catalyst. She is also the author of the adult historical mysteries, The Impossible Girl, A Beautiful Poison, as well as the nonfiction book, Quackery: A Brief History Of The Worst Ways To Cure Everything with Nate Pedersen. She lives with her family in the Midwest.