Alisa K. Michaels, an American author and schoolteacher, lives with her husband in the South-Eastern United States. Michaels is a Rollins College Alumna having degrees both in English and Secondary Education. ​She brings to her authorship her experiences growing up on a beautiful, tropical island paradise in the U.S. Virgin Islands before coming to the mainland in her youth. She draws from those experiences to create her fantastical vision.