Alisa M. Libby has been writing stories since she first learned how to properly grip a crayon. Growing up in Natick, Massachusetts, she dabbled in other potential careers in her formative years (tr...view moreAlisa M. Libby has been writing stories since she first learned how to properly grip a crayon. Growing up in Natick, Massachusetts, she dabbled in other potential careers in her formative years (trumpet player, actress, astronomer, unicorn) but ended up going to Emerson College for a degree in creative writing, with a focus on fiction. While at Emerson she began writing numerous short stories about the infamous Countess Bathory--the “blood countess” of Hungarian legend. Years later these stories evolved into The Blood Confession, her first novel, published by Dutton Books. She is also the author of The King's Rose. Alisa lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts.view less