Though born and raised in the south, L.J. Garland has lived on both the east and west coasts. She adores traveling, the latest adventures added to her Bucket List: Machu Pichu and Australia's Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef. A member of RWA, she has several published books. She's a member of The SFR Brigade and has been interviewed on The Galaxy Express. When it comes to writing, she loves brainstorming and mixing genres to create more surprising worlds and story plots.Married to her best friend for over twenty years, she spends her time home schooling three rambunctious boys, editing in the epub industry, and writing stories that she hopes catches her readers' imaginations as much as the characters and plotlines captivate her. In her spare time (what there is of it LOL), she has a multitude of hobbies, including building archery equipment from scratch and creating stained glass. She has a passion for anything that goes Boom!...from fireworks to high-powered combat rifles...it's all good. She and her husband are both rated helicopter pilots and spent their 10th anniversary flying cross-country from east to west coast...an adventure she highly recommends.