Roxanne Smolen is the author of the popular Cody Forester Novels and the new Brittany Meyer Novellas. Like many authors, she started writing stories as soon as she learned how to hold a crayon. However, she didn’t write professionally until twenty years ago when she lost her eyesight. She has since penned several novels of science fiction and magical realism. Her heroes are often teenagers because she believes that young adults will change the world. She lives in South Florida not far from where the Brittany Meyer Novellas take place.