Natali Juste Simmonds is a fiction author, lecturer and creative brand consultant.

Her fantasy trilogy The Path Keeper, Son of Secrets, and Children of Shadows (N J Simmonds) was shortlisted for the 2022 RNA Fantasy Award, she co-writes paranormal romance as Caedis Knight, and her debut, feminist thriller, Good Girls Die Last (Natali Simmonds) is out June 2023. 

As a busy mother who writes, paints and has spent twenty-five years working creatively with the world's leading brands, Natali is passionate about the arts and maintaining mental clarity and balance while creating. Born and raised a Londoner, she now divides her time between her homes in Spain and the Netherlands with her husband and two daughters.