Payton George was born on a Japanese American farm. She always jokes that she was raised on the road due to the many moves they made during her childhood. She landed in places such as Phoenix and Los Angeles. 

Besides a passion for writing, Payton enjoys spending her time with her two sisters, traveling, watching films, or baking sourdough bread. She wrote her debut novel alongside her sister, Trin Kellan, which they finished in between walking the runway at fashion weeks and shooting editorials.