Alyssa Cole is a science editor, pop culture nerd, and romance junkie who lives in the Caribbean and occasionally returns to her fast-paced NYC life. In addition to writing, she founded and hosted the Jefferson Market Library Romance Book Club and taught Romance Writing for Beginners.

She speaks on topics such as writing erotic romance, writing multicultural romance, and self-editing. She has contributed romance-related articles to publications including RT Book Reviews, Heroes and Heartbreakers, Romance at Random, and The Toast.

She has also started a bi-monthly column in the Romance Writer's Report, Romancing the Globe, in which she chats with romance writers from around the world. When she's not busy writing, traveling, and learning French, she can be found watching anime with her husband or tending to her herd of animals.