Bio

The sun shone brightly in the sky that April afternoon as a new mother held her first and only baby in her arms for the first time.
The proud father had pre-decided the name of the baby girl long before her birth. Being the oddball that he was, he decided to
name her after his favorite actress at the time: Stefanie Powers from the ever popular show Heart to Heart. The baby girl would
grow up with a love/hate relationship with her name. Love because of the unique spelling, but hate because she would never
know the joys of being able to buy pre-made novelty key chains or license plates from other states with her name embossed on
them…

Too far back? Skip ahead in time twenty-four years—and some change—and we’re in present day. The aforementioned girl is
grown up, married to a wonderful man (whose real name is Jay, but she knows him only as Witty), and held her first and only
baby (Riley, so that even though he looks Hawaiian, he'll have an Irish name) in her arms in November of 2005.

Some people will say this is unprofessional, but I’m just going to take a moment to tell you about myself and not by means of
third person, it’s going to come straight from my fingertips to your eyeballs. My favorite part of being an author—aside from telling
the story—are the personal connections I’ve made. I have met so many people through my books that I wouldn’t have had the
pleasure of meeting otherwise. Some have inspired me, others have reaffirmed my faith in people over and over again, and
some have become friends. Where would I be without readers? Just a girl with an overactive imagination and no one to share it
with. Everything I write, I do with you guys in mind, and you’ll never know how grateful I am to all of you!

To be completely honest, I never knew I wanted to be a writer. Sure, I would scribble my down my thoughts and short stories in
my free-time, but it didn’t truly hit me until I was in the middle of a disastrous romance novel, I put it down and realized that if I
wanted something custom built to fit my needs, I had to write it myself, so that’s what I did. And there you have the birth of City of
Dreams (The train-wreck novel I was in the middle of reading got jammed to the back of my bookshelf, never to be spoken of
again, although I do owe it a great deal). The Gray Area Series was spawned from my primal love of vampires, because really,
who can resist a good vampire book?

And, although I’m too big to fit in a nut shell, that’s me. I’m doing something I love but never imagined I’d be doing, and I couldn’t
be happier.

Stefanie@StefanieEllis.net

Biography for Stefanie Ellis

Random About Me Facts:

My favorite animal is the Standard Poodle, I have a small obsession with everything Poodle related. For my
birthday in 2008, I was presented with a trip to the airport where we picked up my very own bundle of fluff, his
AKC name is Fawkes Phoenix of Hope, but around here, we just call him Fawkes (sounds like Fox).

My husband is Hawaiian, yet I’ve never been to Hawaii.

I live in the same, small, California town that I’ve lived in most of my life.

I have one sibling, she’s massively talented and I’m not sure there’s anyone who can compare to her.

I call my office my “Cave of Serenity” and I’m thinking of getting a deadbolt for it.

I enjoy using chatspeak in real life situations. Example: “That made me ‘lowel’” (lol)

I have three cats: Raven, Halo and Kittabell.

Nationality wise, I’m half Irish and half Italian, but the Italian side isn’t very visible.

I think that about wraps it up. If there’s anything you’d like to know, I’m an open book. I’d like to express my
gratitude one more time and thank all the readers out there, for all your support, and encouragement. I know
you have options, so many options and I thank you for giving my humble books a chance!