Lucía Ashta is the international-bestselling Argentinian American author of more than seventy young adult and adult fantasy and paranormal books including the Royals of Embermere, Smoky Mountain Pack, Witches of Gales Haven, Magical Creatures Academy, Witching World, and Six Shooter and a Shifter series. A former attorney and architect, Ashta lives in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains with her husband and three daughters. When she isn't writing, she's reading, painting, or adventuring.