Ellen Schreiber was an actress and a stand-up comedienne before becoming a writer. She is the author of Teenage Mermaid, Comedy Girl, and the bestselling Vampire Kisses series, which includes Vampire Kisses, Vampire Kisses 2: Kissing Coffins, Vampire Kisses 3: Vampireville, ampire Kisses 4: Dance with a Vampire, Vampire Kisses 5: The Coffin Club, Vampire Kisses 6: Royal Blood, and Vampire Kisses 7: Love Bites. She is also the author of the fully illustrated and New York Times bestselling manga series about Raven and Alexander, Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives. Ellen lives with her husband in the Midwest, where coyotes can often be heard howling in the moonlight.