L. A. Banks is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Career Choice Award for Paranormal Fiction as well as the 2008 Essence Storyteller of the Year award. Ms. Banks has written over 42 novels and contributed to 12 novellas, in multiple genres under various pseudonyms. She mysteriously shape-shifts between the genres of romance, women's fiction, crime/suspense thrillers, and of course, paranormal lore. She is a proud member of The Liars Club, and a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program with a Master's in Fine Arts from Temple University and she is a full-time writer living/working in Philadelphia.