Nivi Nimmagadda is the 16-year-old author of Poisoned Ivy and a proud connoisseur of Cheetos and Cinnabon. She was born and brought up in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to Bangalore when she was just 11. The change in environments and societies she experienced have played a major role in her writing today. Nivi was always caught up in books from the day she learned to read. Going to the library meant coming back with at least ten new books, but writing was a recent endeavor for her. Nivi didn’t start writing until about a year ago and she hasn’t stopped a day since then. A lot of her poems come from not only her personal experiences but also from the pain, heartache, love, and strength of others. She uses writing as a medium to express her innermost thoughts but more so to help others understand that they are not alone.