K. L. Ogden aka Kristi Ogden was born in Ohio and grew up in the town of Wooster. Being that it was a pretty small town, the only thing that she had to do to occupy herself was to write stories about 90's rock stars with her friends. After high school she ventured out to Chicago to attend DePaul University where she studied Film and Foreign Languages. Upon her return to Ohio she started writing again, mainly writing fan fiction based on characters from Final Fantasy VII. It was around this time that her hair began changing color and graphics started appearing on her arms. Being a fan of Japanese culture, she got the bright idea to work on a manga with a friend. Her debut novel, Sweet Burden is the manga that turned into a novel. She is currently hard at work on book 2 of the series and she hopes to have it out in the Summer of 2012.