ROXANNE VELETZOS was born in Bucharest, Romania. As a young teen, she moved to California where she began writing short stories about her native Eastern Europe, at first as a cathartic experience transitioning to a new culture, then simply to pursue what had become an unrelenting passion. With a bachelor's degree in journalism, she has worked as an editor, content writer and marketing manager for a number of Fortune 500 companies.

Roxanne lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two sons.