Val Day-Sanchez received both her B.A. and M.A. in Communication Studies from New Mexico State University. She works as a part-time college instructor and has two sons who keep her quite busy. During her free time she likes to give the characters in her mind worlds to live in, which is a slightly off-putting way of saying that she loves to write. Her passion of the desert southwest is often depicted in her writing. Writing Y.A. Fantasy is new to her but she is loving every minute of it.