Aileen Erin is half-Irish, half-Mexican, and 100% nerd--from Star Wars (prequels don't count) to Star Trek (TNG FTW). She reads Quenya and some Sindarin, and has a severe fascination with the supernatural. Aileen has a BS in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles, and spends her days doing her favorite things: reading books, creating worlds, and kicking ass. Aileen is the author of the hugely popular werewolf YA Alpha Girl series, which has sold more than 500,000 copies: Book 1: Becoming Alpha, which hit #1 at all major eBook retailers Book 2: Avoiding Alpha Book 3: Alpha Divided, an USA Today Bestseller Book 4: Bruja Book 5: Alpha Unleashed, an USA Today Bestseller Book 6: Shattered Pack, coming in March 2017. She's also the author of Cipher, the first in the dystopian metahuman Shadow Ravens series, which includes Quanta, Quanta Rewind and the forthcoming Quanta Reset written by Lola Dodge. Aileen Erin is the founder and CEO of Ink Monster, building worlds filled with girl power and happy endings.