Martina McAtee is a bestselling author and the winner of the 2016 Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal. She lives in Central Florida with her children, her pitbull, her weiner dog, and an ever-growing collection of  shady looking cats. She splits her time between writing YA LGBT paranormal romances and penning adult m/m romances. She wrote her first story when she was five with an orange crayon on a legal pad she stole from her mom’s office. She’s been writing ever since.

 

Her influences include Christopher Pike, R.L. Stine, Joss Whedon, L.J. Smith, and even J.K. Rowling. Living in South Florida provides her with plenty of material for the weird worlds she writes about. When she isn’t working, teaching, or writing, she’s reading or watching shows involving reapers, zombies, werewolves, and other supernatural creatures.

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