Sarah Roark is a professional writer, violinist, teacher and (as should be obvious from the foregoing) masochist. She has worked on a number of White Wolf's roleplaying products, including various supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade, Dark Ages: Vampire, Dark Ages: Inquisitor, and Mummy: The Resurrection. She has also authored two short stories: "The Prodigal Son" for Penance by Firelight, companion volume to the Dark Ages: Vampire core book, and "What Shelters Them" for the Demon: Lucifer's Shadow fiction anthology. This is her first novel. Some of her personal projects can be viewed at the World Lit Only by Fire website (http://www.erols.com/jltraut/vda), which she co-authors with fellow White Wolf freelancers Myranda Kalis and Janet Trautvetter.

She lives in Sammamish, Washington - beautiful lakeside community and former hunting grounds of Ted Bundy - along with her husband Brett and the world's two coolest cats.