Stephanie K. Deal was born in Ithaca, NY and has spent her entire life in the Central New York Region. By day she's an electronic claims submission manager for a medical billing software company. By night she's a writer, card maker, home brewer, bellydance novice, Pirate Captain, and a member of the Buffalo Wild Wings' Tuesday Night Trivia team Reverse Torque.Her first novel "Game of Hearts" shocked the hell out of her co-workers, friends, and family. They'd heard for many, many years that she was a writer but had yet to see any proof to substantiate such a claim. The book went on to become a finalist in RomCon's 2013 Readers' Crown contest.Stephanie is married to all-around-nice-guy Drew. They have three cats --- Sweetpea, Fuzzy, and that other one which won't come out from under the bed.