Courtney Allison Moulton was born in Texas and grew up in Michigan, where she spent a lifetime studying ancient civilizations and writing about magic and monsters. Her debut novel ANGELFIRE, a bestselling Indie Next List Pick with high-octane action hailed as unimpeachable by Publishers Weekly, was published when she was just 24 years old.

I was born in Austin, Texas on August 18, 1986 and moved to Michigan when I was a small child. I am proud of my Mediterranean ethnicity (my father’s family is Southern French and my mother’s is Sicilian, North African, Greek, and Syrian-Lebanese). I was fascinated by my family’s history and read everything I could about Ancient Mediterranean civilizations. My childhood and teen years were well-spent at horse shows and I grew up on a Northern Michigan lake. My voracious reading habits started with Goosebumps books, Nancy Drew mysteries, and world history books. When I’m not writing or reading, you can probably find me logged into World of Warcraft running keys or playing Final Fantasy XIV.

In November 2008, when I was 22, my first attempt at NaNoWriMo resulted in my debut novel ANGELFIRE. A few months later, my agent sold that trilogy to Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. ANGELFIRE, an Indie Next List Pick, released in February of 2011 when I was 24, earning critical praise, and I embarked on two national book tours. In a sea of Young Adult paranormal romance, ANGELFIRE was the first of its kind, with high-octane action hailed as unimpeachable by Publishers Weekly.