Leah Bliss grew up in the north suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota with a single mom and her older brother. When she was 18, she decided that Minnesota was too small for her, so she packed up a small suitcase and boarded a one way flight to Fairbanks, Alaska. When she landed, her phone didn't work, her debit card was shut off, and her luggage was lost. She had nothing, and she sat and cried outside the airport, lost and unsure what to do as she had zero plan. Things worked out though, she started college at UAF where she met several life long friends. After two years of college and not knowing what to do, she took a break and started working at the air force base nearby, where she met her now husband. 

 

She and her husband then traveled all over North America, living in Texas, California, Louisiana, and eventually settling back in Leah's home state of Minnesota. After unsuccessfully trying for children, they decided to foster and adopted their first placement, and a few years after that became grandparents. She also fosters animals and currently has two dogs, Bug and Yanda, and two cats, Simone and Pookie. 

 

During her travels she attended online school and finished her bachelor's in Criminal Justice and Human Services and later got her Master's in Terrorism Studies. 

 

She's always wanted to be a writer ever since she was a little girl and would be found writing stories in her notebook and telling stories to anyone who would listen. She draws from real life experience in her writing to weave fantastical worlds in her fantasy, bringing real world stakes to fantasy settings, making the writing feel gritty, emotional, and real. She enjoys all things dark romance, and can often be found with her nose in a book or writing her own stories with high stakes. She has no intention to stop her writing anytime soon, driving her family nuts with several ideas and is often found bouncing ideas off of her dogs.