Stacia Deutsch is a #1 New York Times best selling author who has written more than 300 books. In addition to her award-winning creative chapter book series entitled Blast to the Past, Stacia has also ghostwritten for a popular girls' mystery series, published non-fiction texts, and penned a young adult romantic comedy called In the Stars. She has also penned popular titles for The Friendship Code series and Spirit: Riding Free series.

Stacia is perhaps best known as the author of many junior movie tie-in novelizations for summer blockbuster films, including Hotel Transylvania, the New York Times best seller Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Jr. Movie Novel, and The Smurfs Movie Novels.