Stephanie Kopetzky is a 2011 graduate of West Virginia University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies and a master’s degree in education. A special education teacher, catechist, musician, writer, and lover of the beach, Stephanie first discovered her love of writing in her seventh-grade English class, and she first dreamed of the idea for Angels in My Attic when she was twelve years old. After many years of additional education and writing experience, she spent two years developing and perfecting it as her debut novella. Stephanie lives in North Carolina with her husband and two sons.