J.D. Marcella has been writing since she was a teenager, scribbling half-formed worlds into notebooks instead of doing anything remotely practical. After the loss of her father, she realized it was time to stop hiding her stories in drawers and start bringing them to life-both for him, and for herself. She lives with her infinitely patient husband and stepson, a miniature version of herself in her daughter, and a brain that runs on a unique blend of caffeine, hyperfocus, and ADHD-fueled chaos.When she's not writing emotionally complex characters or orchestrating tangled plotlines, she's likely annoying a very small but devoted circle of friends who've endured countless rants about lore mechanics, emotional beats, and the color of a character's shirt in chapter seventeen-with alarming grace. The Queen of Light and Shadows is her debut epic fantasy series.
