L.A. Nettles grew up in Midwest City, Oklahoma, but ended up living in South Florida. She's a single mom who divides her time between her two daughters, a Corgi, named Tofu, and writing. An avid reader of all genres, but lover of romance novels, she noticed middle-aged women weren't being represented. Her debut novel, Butterflies, is about a divorced middle-aged woman rediscovering sex and love after divorce.