A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Gretchen wrote her Master's thesis on zombies. Technically, that makes her a professional zombologist. Remarkably, there isn't much work out there for a zombologist (yet!), so in the meantime, she writes. And writes. And writes. Sometimes, she even gets to write about zombies, so it all works out in the end. Gretchen writes a mixture of paranormal romance, facebook status updates, and anything ending in the word punk (cyberpunk being her newest favorite). She has an unhealthy obsession with zombies, John Wayne movies, Marvel comic books, and avgolemono soup. She lives in Nashville with her extremely patient husband, completely impatient son, and two cats who may be plotting her demise.