AR DeClerck was born and raised in Western NC, and currently resides in the Quad Cities, IL with her husband and two daughters. She is an avid reader and reviewer and loves steampunk, scifi, fantasy, adventure and romance. She spends her days helping people on dialysis live with kidney failure. She attributes her love of reading and writing to her Mother, who never goes without a book close at hand. Her books center around the idea that Love is the Greatest Adventure.