Lily Traina

Lily Traina writes love stories.

Her stories involve larger-than-life characters, from global pop stars to beauty queens to all-star athletes, as they navigate intensely personal romances. How does a cynical pop idol fall head over heels for a fangirl? How can two Floridian pageant contestants fall in love while surviving an intensely judgmental community?

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Lily’s work guarantees a character-driven story, tight emotional development, purposefully diverse casts, and always a healthy dose of humor. Inspired by the 2000s rom-coms she grew up on and experiences gained from living all around the country, she hopes that when you read her work, you laugh more than you cry and leave wishing for a love like that.

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Lily Traina is an author currently living in the Los Angeles area. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2019 with a Bachelor’s degree in English and biology, after which she worked as a science writer with Harvard Medical School until 2024. Since leaving her job, she’s been writing freelance while working on her debut romance novel, Seeing Stars. 


In addition to her time in California and Massachusetts, Lily has lived in Kansas and Florida. She’s always been loud about her loves, from her days fangirling over One Direction to her theater kid era to her lifelong passion for stories.

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