Seren Goode was born in the Midwest with itchy feet and a dream of far-off places. She loves traveling the world, walking on the beach, and curling up with a good cozy mystery or sci-fi book and a hot cup of tea. A Jane-of-all-trades, Seren has studied communications, English, design, marketing, metalsmith, pottery, juggling, and more, and eventually ended up abroad earning a graduate degree in archeology. She started writing fiction in middle school and thoroughly blames her family for encouraging this habit. A big fan of making her characters do their own work, Seren loves to sit back and watch them unravel a mystery or dig for the truth. When she isn't on the road, she is at home on the Central Coast of California, plotting her next book and trip with her songwriter husband and puppies, Clairey and Izzy. She writes Cozy Mysteries as Seren Star Goode and Sci-Fi and Young Adult as Seren Goode.