Born in Chicago, Illinois, Nick Medina is an enthusiast of local and Native lore. His debut novel, Sisters of the Lost Nation, features several supernatural myths and legends and earned a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award and was a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror (2023). He became interested in the problem of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls after reading an article in the Chicago Tribune about Ashley Loring Heavyrunner, who went missing from the Blackfoot reservation in 2017. He enjoys exploring the strange and unusual, haunted cemeteries, and other spooky places, playing guitar, physical fitness, and spending time with family. He is a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana.

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