Lelina Durrette was born in New York City and raised in Guinea, West Africa by globe-trotting parents. After pinballing around Europe as an accidental tourist in her teens via boarding school, she landed briefly in Virginia, where she earned a degree in Psychology and became a wife and mother. She lived in Texas for 25 years and now resides in Indiana, rediscovering herself and embracing a renaissance in her creative life. She enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, and supporting fellow independent authors in the writing community. She is an author across multiple genres, including Young Adult, Romance, and Horror. The Girl Who Saved Them All is her second Young Adult novel in the Kierra Rieman Trilogy. Lelina is currently working on an adult rom/com adventure, a horror novel, and a collaborate book series with screenwriter Bruce Smith.