Susan Beth Cole has a BA in English and a lifelong love of stories. She largely grew up in the beautiful high mountains around Leadville, Colorado. She spent six and a half years helping people find their next reading adventures as a bookseller for an independent bookstore in Boulder, Colorado. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, watching anime, or playing Final Fantasy XIV. She lives in Longmont, Colorado with her werewolf of a husband, two kids, and a bunch of pets.