Growing up on the Gulf Coast, Vala was an avid reader of sci-fi, romance and history. After graduating from college with a double major in Communications and History, Vala now works in advertising sales in southern California. In addition to her first passion, writing, she's addicted to movies, live theater, word games and salsa dancing. Her latest novel explores a Faustian bargain gone terribly wrong. Dreams of the Muse is for mature readers only.