Erin Casey graduated from Cornell in 2009 with degrees in English and Secondary Education. She attended the Denver Publishing Institute to learn about publishing and marketing and continues to be a recruiter for them today. She's the Communications and Student Relationships Manager of the Iowa Writers' House, and the Director of The Writers' Rooms, a non-profit corporation that focuses on providing a free, safe environment for all writers. The Purple Door District is her first urban fantasy book and will be part of a series. She also writes LGBT YA fantasy and medieval fantasy.