The Black Rose is an author, photographer, and filmmaker. Born in Chicago, she currently residing in New York with the love her life, her Hokkaido Dog. She began writing at the age of seven and dabbled until she woke up one day and simply had to write a novel. Since, she has two 5-Star reviewed novels, both part of individual series.

She categorizes her writing very directly - interpersonal relationships: people's feelings, thoughts, emotions, and the intimacies between two people that truly love each other despite the circumstances surrounding them. “I write about love, honor, and doing the right thing, even when it seems disadvantageous, even when it's not the popular path to take.” She sees her writing as a gift from God, and appreciates and learns from her stories.

Her writing passion stems from her immense love for art, which began with drawing at age five and moved into oil painting by age eight. Her love and study of photography soon became a professional passion, and she spends hours photographing and laying out her book covers. Her photography can be found at theblackrosenyc.com in the Photography section. Readers can also find on the site “Privé with The Black Rose” to showcase behind-the-scenes insights into her writing, novels, characters, photography, and films. She films and produces her book trailers. And will soon produce short films (details coming on her newly created website thepenandthesword.com dedicated to screenplays, film, book trailers, book adaptations). This site also features podcasts from her radio show Live with The Black Rose.