Anastacia (Stacey) Hawkins grew up as a California girl in the suburbs of L.A. County; she loved artistic roller skating, being at the beach, and writing!

When she came across an ad for the Institute of Children’s Literature, she signed up for their course “Writing for Children and Teenagers”, and discovered her passion: writing for children!

In April, 2008, Anastacia sold her first story to Shine Brightly Magazine. She was hooked! In addition to writing stories for magazines, she is the author of 5 engaging and delightful stories found in Storie Italiane, an Italian/English parallel text book, and the exciting fantasy adventure novels Larkspur & Return to Larkspur.

Anastacia now resides in the breathtaking and inspiring Pacific Northwest.

"The thought of a someone picking up one of my books and falling so completely into the story that they can't put it down, until they come out the other side, elated, exhausted, and inspired; well, that just makes my heart happy!" ~Anastacia Hawkins