DEKE MOULTON is a writer currently living in the US Pacific Northwest. She is a former US Army drill sergeant and trained as an Arabic linguist during her time in service. Don't Want to Be Your Monster, her debut book, is a 2024 Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book and a Kirkus Reviews' Best Middle Grade Books of 2023. Her second book, Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf, was a Jewish Book Council middle grade finalist and a Sydney Taylor notable book.

She is represented by Rena Rossner.