Larissa Ione is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling contemporary and paranormal romance author. She is published with Samhain, Red Sage Kensington, and Grand Central Publishing under her own name, and along with Stephanie Tyler, she is also one half of the writing team of Sydney Croft, whose books are published by Bantam Dell.

Air Force veteran Larissa Ione traded in a career in meteorology to pursue her passion for writing. She has since published dozens of books, hit several bestseller lists, including the New York Times and USA Today, and has been nominated for a RITA award. She now spends her days in pajamas with her computer, strong coffee, and supernatural worlds.

She believes in celebrating everything and would never be caught without a bottle of Champagne chilling in the fridge...just in case. Larissa currently resides in Wisconsin with her retired U.S. Coast Guard husband, her son, a rescue cat named Vegas, and her very own hellhounds, a King Shepherd named Hexe and a Belgian Malinois named Duvel.