Lydia Kang is an author of adult and young adult fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
She lives with her three kids, physician husband, and two very codependent dogs, one of which looks uncannily like an Ewok..
She is the co-author of Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, an NPR Science Friday Best Science Book of 2017, as well as Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World\'s Worst Diseases .
Her historical fiction includes the bestselling titles Opium and Absinthe, A Beautiful Poison, The Impossible Girl, and The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding .
She became a Star Wars author with the short story Right-Hand Man in the 2020 anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back, which describes the critical scene in which 2-1B attaches Luke Skywalker\'s prosthetic hand.
She is also a doctor and practices internal medicine in Omaha, Nebraska.
Lydia Kang is an author of adult and young adult fiction, poetry, and nonfiction
