Piper J. Drake began her writing career writing science-fiction and paranormal romance and steampunk, for which she won the FF&P PRISM Award as well as the NJRW Golden Leaf award and Parsec award. Her romantic-suspense novels incorporate her interests in mixed martial arts and the military. The True Heroes series is inspired by her experience rescuing, owning and training a variety of retired working dogs, including Kaiser, a former guard dog, and Mozart, who was trained to detect explosives.