Tui T. Sutherland

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-27

Tui T. Sutherland was born on July 31, 1978, in Caracas, Venezuela, and earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Williams College in 1998, followed by a master's degree in art history. She began her career as an editor at Grosset & Dunlap and HarperCollins in New York before moving into full-time writing, and has since published more than 60 books under her own name and under shared pen names, including contributing to the Warriors and Seekers series written collectively as Erin Hunter and collaborating with her sister Kari Sutherland on The Menagerie series. She is best known for Wings of Fire, a middle-grade fantasy series about warring dragon tribes that debuted in 2012 and has sold more than 67 million copies worldwide; an animated television adaptation, on which she serves as executive producer and co-writer, was announced for a major streaming service in 2025.

Universe(s)

Books

• The Dragonet Prophecy (2012) · Wings of Fire Core Canon
• The Dark Secret (2013) · Wings of Fire Core Canon
• The Hidden Kingdom (2013) · Wings of Fire Core Canon
• The Lost Heir (2013) · Wings of Fire Core Canon
• The Brightest Night (2014) · Wings of Fire Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 5 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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