L. J. Shen is a highly successful author who is known for writing contemporary, new adult, and young adult romance novels. She is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon best-selling author whose books have been sold in 20 different countries. Shen is originally from California, and her personal life has influenced much of her writing, helping her to create realistic, three-dimensional characters. Shen is best known for penning the Sinners of Saint series and the All Saints High series, which explore themes of love, redemption, and complex emotional growth. Shen’s works often blend humor, sexually explicit content, and dark themes, and this combination allows her stories to appeal to a broad audience of romance fans. Her particular niche within the romance genre focuses on flawed characters who undergo significant emotional transformation. Similar to the popular romance author Ana Huang, Shen often writes angst-ridden dark romances with near-irredeemable wealthy male anti-heroes and sassy heroines.

As a prolific author, Shen has published over 30 novels. Her most popular works include the Sinners of Saint series, which consists of Defy (2016), Vicious (2016), Ruckus (2017), Scandalous (2017), and Bane (2018).