Libby Iriks fell in love with story as an eight-year-old when her teacher read Charlotte’s Web to the class. She developed a fondness for the romance genre soon after, and in 2018, combined her passions when she became the Commissioning Editor of Romance for a boutique publishing house in the UK. She is currently studying her Master of Creative Writing at Edith Cowan University and, in her free time, coaches romance authors to write stories with heart. Her debut novel, Home to the Heart Country, published by HarperCollins (HQ Fiction), was named one of 2025's most anticipated books by Apple Books and the AU Review.