Emma Lea is an independently published contemporary romance author. She has sold over 500,000 books since beginning her career in 2014. Emma was a finalist for the Romantic Book of the Year in 2020 and 2022 and a finalist for the Romance Writers of Australia short story competition in 2018. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Creative Writing and English at the University of the Sunshine Coast with the view of one day mentoring other authors through the publishing journey. She lives on the Sunshine Coast with her husband, and in her spare time she binge-watches K-dramas.