Lucy Connors is the YA pen name of Alesia Holliday, who writes critically acclaimed nonfiction and romantic comedy as herself and writes New York Times and USA Today bestselling paranormal romance for adults as Alyssa Day.  She is very proud to have won Romance Writers of America’s coveted RITA award for excellence in romance fiction (as Alesia) and RT BookClub’s Reviewer’s Choice award for best paranormal romance novel of 2012 (as Alyssa), among many other awards, none of which impress her two children.  She has also been nominated for “Most Likely to Order Pizza for Dinner” while on deadline (as Lucy).

In her former life, Lucy graduated from Ohio State University (go, Buckeyes!) and then graduated summa cum laude from Capital University Law School in Ohio and practiced as a trial lawyer for a while before coming to her senses and letting the voices in her head loose on paper. She currently lives in Florida, but has previously lived in a dozen or more states and three foreign countries.  You can usually find her at her desk, surrounded by a varying number of rescue dogs, or at the movies, although she will deny that last bit if her agent or editor calls.