Y. Alicia Greene was born in Paterson, New Jersey. She pent her childhood volunteering, cheerleading and praise dancing. Her childhood was great. In 2013, Alicia was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She vowed to defy all odds and live her life with purpose. Alicia currently resides in New Jersey and is the mother of Peyton Foster, whom her inspiration and books are written for. In theory, she is working on her next adventure book. In reality she is going with Peyton on any and every Adventure that Peyton can imagines so she gets all the details to the story right.