Alia Luria was born April 11, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Tampa, Florida. 

She attended Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa. She was a voracious reader from the time she was little, graduating quickly from books like Chronicles of Narnia and The Phantom Tollbooth to the likes of Steven King. She began writing young, including poetry and short stories, some of which were published in her school's literary magazines. 

Ms. Luria attended the University of Florida in 1995, but left school without her degree to become a full-time web designer and developer. After working for start-up companies and freelancing on projects, she returned to school and received her B.S. in Economics from the University of Central Florida with honors in the major. Her undergraduate thesis was published by VDM Verlag and remains for sale. 

From there, she attended the University of Florida (again) and received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2009. She received an LL.M. in taxation from New York University in 2012. 

She currently lives in Orlando, Florida with her partner and their two Pembroke Welsh Corgis, where she practices law full-time as a corporate attorney specializing in mergers & acquisitions, technology transfer licensing and data privacy and security. She also writes and speaks on the topics of data privacy and security.

You can visit her website at alialuria.com.