Locke Wilder writes love stories for readers who want to fall hard, feel everything, and leap headfirst into the adventure of love.

A hospitalist with a wanderlust affliction, Locke has spent years chasing new horizons, cold-water swims, and the kind of places where courage is required just to take the first step—from swimming the English Channel to trekking to Everest Base Camp. Many of those experiences find their way onto the page—her travels often become the settings, backdrops, and emotional landscapes of her books.

Along the way, Locke has lived in places that reshaped how she sees the world, including a formative stretch in Istanbul, where beauty, history, and contradiction exist side by side. She makes glass, pours her own candles, and chases new cities through their kitchens, believing you can understand a culture by what it feeds you.

A voracious reader, she has been devouring romance like it's her job since she was twelve, when she first discovered the genre by sneaking books she absolutely wasn't supposed to be reading—an origin story she considers both inevitable and entirely justified.

Her romances are for readers who love sharp banter, emotional intimacy, and characters willing to risk everything for connection. Like travel, love in Locke's stories is rarely tidy or predictable, but it is always transformative. Her books explore what happens when you stop playing it safe, trust the pull of desire, and say yes to a feeling that might change your life.

When she isn't writing, Locke is usually planning her next trip, swimming in cold water, or navigating life with her larger-than-life Great Dane, who firmly believes personal space is optional. She believes in guaranteed happily-ever-afters and love stories that leave readers breathless, hopeful, and ready to take the leap themselves.