Zela Bedrick left a successful career in media and marketing to pursue a more creatively fulfilling path. After honing her skills in interactive storytelling for video games and apps, she turned to long-form fiction—where her love of immersive worlds and layered characters could truly take root.

Today, she brings that same sense of immersion and emotional depth to her sweeping fantasy novels, crafting tales of courtly intrigue, ancient magic, and characters whose destinies are earned, not given.

When she’s not writing, she shares her home with a lively family of rescue cats, who are more than happy to keep her company while she works.