Daphne Ignatius attended the University of Kansas where she earned a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration. The daughter of two high-school teachers, she was instilled with a love of the written word at an early age. "The Dragonrider's Quest" is her first novel. Daphne currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her beloved spouse where she works as an Information Technology professional during her daylight hours. She is currently working her second novel, tentatively titled "My Life as Athena".