XiXi Tian is a writer of young adult and adult fiction. She has published two young adult contemporary novels: This Place Is Still Beautiful (HarperCollins) in 2022 and All the Way Around the Sun (HarperCollins) in 2025. Tian received her bachelor’s in history from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her law degree from Harvard Law School. She still works as a lawyer in tech. She wants you to know that her name is pronounced Cee-Cee (like two C’s). She lives on Long Island with her husband, son, and cat. She is a diehard enthusiast of Garamond.
