Anais Torres (1988) was born in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up as a Latina on the northwest side of Chicago. At the age of twelve she began online publishing as a fan fiction writer. While attending Kelvyn Park High School she participated in the Youth Service Projects, which helped her become a published poet and spoken word artist at the age of seventeen. In 2010 she graduated from Lake Forest College. In 2012 Anais began working on her website, Behind the Pages, a detailed blog of her journey through her career and writing experiences. She plans to keep self-publishing.