Meet the author

Tui T. Sutherland.

Writer · United States · b. 1978

Tui T. Sutherland: creator of Wings of Fire — the long-running dragon middle-grade fantasy series (plus graphic-novel adaptations) that's a core 9–13 fantasy shelf staple.

Tui T. Sutherland is a Venezuelan-American author born in 1978, best known as the creator of Wings of Fire, the long-running middle-grade fantasy series about young dragons navigating prophecy, war and shifting alliances across the continent of Pyrrhia. The main series runs to fifteen+ volumes, with parallel graphic-novel adaptations illustrated by Mike Holmes that have brought new readers in at a younger reading level. Sutherland's voice is fast-paced, dialogue-driven, emotionally direct, with a strong sense of ensemble cast and a willingness to engage with real moral complexity for the age group. She is also one of the authors writing under the Erin Hunter name for the Warriors series. A core middle-grade fantasy author for ages 9–13.