Andromeda romano-Lax

​​​​​​Born in Chicago and now a resident of Vancouver Island, Canada, Andromeda Romano-Lax worked as a freelance journalist and travel writer before turning to fiction. Her first novel, The Spanish Bow, was translated into eleven languages and chosen as a New York Times Editors’ Choice, BookSense pick, and one of Library Journal’s Best Books of the Year. Her next four novels, The Detour, Behave (an Amazon Book of the Month), Plum Rains (winner of the Sunburst Award), and Annie and the Wolves (A Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction Book of the Year) reflect her diverse interest in the arts, history, science, and technology, as well as her love of travel and her time spent living abroad. ​Starting with The Deepest Lake (a Barnes & Noble Monthly Pick and Amazon Book of the Month) and continuing with her next novel, What Boys Learn (forthcoming 2026), Andromeda has swerved into the world of suspense fiction, although she continues to write historical and speculative fiction as well.

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​Andromeda has taught fiction in two MFA creative writing programs and currently works with novelists and memoirists as a freelance book coach. 

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A late-blooming Ironman triathlete, she lives with her family on a small island off a bigger island in British Columbia, where her favorite activities are trail running, cycling, and ocean swimming.

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Andromeda also has a separate collaborative Substack called PRESENT TENSE, dedicated to suspense fiction.