Samantha Sommersby left what she used to call her "real life" day job in the psychiatric field to pursue writing full-time in 2007. She is the author of more than ten novels and novellas including the critically acclaimed Forbidden series, published by Samhain Publishing, Ltd., and Fallen, book one in a new urban fantasy series to be published by Penguin/ACE, which Sam has written in collaboration with national best-selling author Jeanne C. Stein.

She currently lives with her husband, son, and cocker spaniel, Buck in a century old Southern California Craftsman. Sam happily spends her days immersed in a world where vampires, werewolves, and demons are real, myths and legends are revered, magic is possible, and love still conquers all.