Christine Leunens is the author of three novels translated into more than fifteen languages. Her novel Caging Skies is an international bestseller, sold in sixteen countries and the basis for a major new film by director Taika Waititi. She holds a master of liberal arts degree in English and American literature and language from Harvard University. She is a former model, the face of Givenchy, Paco Rabanne, Nina Ricci, and others.