Lari Ann O’Dell first discovered her love of Pride & Prejudice when she was eighteen. After reading a Pride & Prejudice variation she found in a closing sale at a bookstore, she said, “This is what I want to do.” She published her first novel, Mr. Darcy’s Kiss, two years later.

Born and raised in Colorado, she attended the University of Colorado in Boulder and earned a bachelor’s degree in History and Creative Writing. After graduating college, she wrote and published her second novel, Mr. Darcy’s Ship. Her third novel, Mr. Darcy’s Clan, is her first supernatural variation. While earning a degree in Nursing, she wrote and published her fourth novel, Mr. Darcy’s Phoenix. She adores her three beautiful nephews, Hudson, Dean, and Calvin. She now works as a Registered Nurse on a surgical unit and writes whenever she can.