Author Stephanie Keyes is a geek, a dreamer, and a hopeless romantic who writes books ranging from young adult fantasy to adult contemporary romance. Keyes won the RONE Award for Best YA Book of 2019 and took 2nd place in the Romance Writers of America Athena Awards For Excellence in NA & YA Fiction for The Spellbinder’s Sonata. As a romance author, she was a finalist in the 2018 International Book Awards for her debut romance, The Internship of Pippa Darling.

Keyes is a technical writer, teacher, and speaker. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband, two boys, and fashion-conscious dog, Duncan MacLeod. Steph is a hopeless romantic and Whovian who’s shamelessly addicted to Nutella.