Dylan Madrid is the bestselling author of the gay romance novels Mind Fields, Love in the Shadows, Backstrokes, Star Dust Lullaby, and Light Without Gravity. A California native, Dylan grew up in the Bay Area. He opted to backpack through seven countries before heading to college and spent a year living in Europe, primarily on the Greek island of Ios. When he's not dreaming about living on the Italian Riviera or running away to Belgium, Dylan teaches college courses in writing and the arts.