Laura Thalassa spent much of her Fresno, California, childhood with her nose buried in the books of Anne Rice, R.L. Stine, and Katie MacAlister, whose stories gave her the initial itch to pen her own tales. Her work experience includes time spent as a law student, an independent editor, a medical intern, and an archaeologist. She is the author of the young adult paranormal series The Unearthly, as well as the new adult science fiction book The Vanishing Girl. She is currently working on the sequel from her home in Santa Barbara, where she lives with her fiance, author Dan Rix.