A lover of fantasy, workshop teacher, songwriter, and writer, Mandy Montane is a published author, her books including Sarena of Beca. Her future projects include Sarena and the Black Diamond. Mandy is a wife and mother to Catherine, Isabella, and fur babies Wolfie and Bailey. She lives in the woods in Texas and often encounters snakes, deer, skunks, rabbits, raccoons, pigs, and coyotes outside her door. Her passions include recording songs, playing the ukulele, and participating in a writers' group.