Ilyon Woo is an American author and independent scholar, recognized as a New York Times Best-Selling Author. She gained significant acclaim for her work, *MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom*, which was honored with the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography.

Her literary contributions also include *THE GREAT DIVORCE: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her times*.