Rhianna King has spent more than two decades working as a communicator for state government environmental agencies and an Aboriginal-led not-for-profit organisation. During Melbourne's long lockdowns of 2020–21, Rhianna craved the company of people other than those in her locked-down household and so created characters to spend time with instead. The result: her first novel, Birds of a Feather. Rhianna lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children.