Abby McDonald is a British author who also writes under the pen name Abigail Haas.[1] She has written twelve novels.[2][3] She was born in England and grew up in Sussex, going on to study Politics, Philosophy & Economics at Oxford University.[4][5][6] She now lives in Los Angeles. As well as writing under her real name and pen name Abby McDonald, she has written as Melody Grace, self-publishing her Beachwood Bay series. The series became a USA Today and international bestseller series before she revealed she was the author.[7][8][9] She is also a staff writer[10] for the Netflix series Bridgerton.[11]