Zoey Castile was born in Ecuador and raised in Queens, New York. She started writing in her teens and pursued that love in her studies at Hunter College and the University of Montana. For nearly a decade, she worked as a bartender, hostess, and manager in New York City’s glittering nightlife. She has been dreaming up romance stories as long as she can remember. She loves whisky, fairytales, and thick novels. She writes science fiction and fantasy for all ages as Zoraida Córdova. When she’s not on deadline, she’s traveling the world.