Kellee A. Gilmore was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois where she currently resides with her husband and two sons. As a young girl, Kellee was captivated by horror movies and R.L. Stine novels. Her love of books began at a very early age thanks to the children’s book clubs her mother enrolled her in every year. Whenever the briefcase shaped boxes that contained her new books arrived at her doorstep, she opened them immediately filled with joy and anticipation. 

Kellee’s love of books naturally shaped her passion for writing. She has been creating short stories and poems since the age of eleven. Although she’s written romance stories and dabbled in fan fiction, her favorite genre to both read and write is paranormal romance. At the age of thirty-one, she began writing her first paranormal romance novel, embarking on the journey of living out her dream.

KR Bankston is a rising serial novelist, following in the famous footsteps of her literary idol, VC Andrews. She hails from Tallahassee, FL and now resides in Jonesboro, GA. Having written various works of fiction including short stories and reflective poetry for most of her adult life, Bankston entered the world of commercial publishing in 2008 with her first novel, A Deadly Encounter.

KR currently has 22 books in publication, with more soon to come. KR is the Owner/CEO of Kirabaco Publishing. When not writing, KR Bankston is an avid Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons football fan, and Miami Heat basketball fan. KR is currently in the process of writing a new novel and introducing another new series.

Chandra West was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She began writing at around age eight, keeping a little diary. By eighth grade she was writing short stories and poems. It was also at this time when her ambition to become a published author surfaced. She dreamed of becoming the youngest best-selling author in America to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show. 

During her senior year in high school Chandra's Creative Writing teacher gave her an A on the final (a short story) and wrote “when you become famous don’t change your name.” Chandra’s first fiction novel “Living Ghetto Fabulous” was self-published in 2006. Her second book, “Vanilla Dream” was published by La Femme Fatale in October, 2012.

Aside from one day being a “known” author, she aspires to help the youth. Her thought is if as a community everyone came together to help the young people, maybe there wouldn’t be so much violence, drugs, sex and teen pregnancy. So although her works can be construed as erotic, gritty or urban,  she is simply trying to keep it real with the youth so they know what’s going on and know that there are consequences for the decisions all people make.