Samantha Grande-Dearing was born in 1986 in Albuquerque, NM. She had a passion for storytelling in multiple formats since a young age. She was even published at age 8 in the Anthology of Young Poets. Her storytelling medium later evolved to include Theater and Acting as she studied character development, Theater History, and effective world building. She received a degree in Fine Arts/Theater with an emphasis in Acting from UNM in 2009.

Samantha is married and has two sons whom she absolutely adores. The multiple struggles of her past (from difficulties of a divorced family, mental and physical abuse, and loss of a loved one to suicide) and early childhood coping mechanisms made her interested in taking studies of trauma responses and placing them in captivating and fascinating fantasy worlds.

Her writing language is influenced heavily by Shakespeare and Robert Frost mixing poetry within the novel language. Though never able to be a painter in the conventional sense, she often strives to paint vivid pictures through her words.