Larissa Ione / Sydney Croft

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Larissa Ione penned her first novel at the age of 13 and hasn't stopped writing since. She has been a U.S. Air Force meteorologist, an EMT, and a professional dog trainer, and you never know when one of those interests will pop into her novels.

She lives a nomadic existence with her U.S. Coast Guard husband and son, so her writing career has been a blessing -- a job that moves easily.

She writes dark paranormal romance and contemporary romance. Under the pen name Sydney Croft (pseudonym of Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler), she writes erotic action adventure romance.