Born and raised in Bay City, Michigan, D.J. VanMullekom is busy being a mother of four, a wife to a supportive husband, and registered nurse by day. While at night she turns into the talented author and lover of all things shiny. VanMullekom has always had artistic soul. Before working on crafting words into great escapes for herself and readers you would find her with a paint brush, DSLR camera in hand, or maybe even a saxophone. Now she plans on taking over the world with her books! Just kidding! Maybe. She does have full intentions on giving the world somewhere to run away from reality, if only for a little while.