Amy Leigh Strickland is a writer and teacher from Massachusetts, living and working near Birmingham, AL. She holds a B.F.A. from The Savannah College of Art and Design in Performing Arts and an M.Ed. in Secondary Education, English Language Arts from the University of Montevallo. Her writing includes the Olympia Heights novels, the Olympia Heights comics, and the Royer Goldhawk series. She is mom to two dogs and enjoys roleplaying and leather-working in her off time.