Stephanie Keyes is the author of The Spellbinder's Sonata, a Beauty and the Beast meets Phantom mash-up that took the RONE Award for Best Young Adult Book of 2019. Spellbinder's was also an Amazon #1 new release, and took 2nd place in YA Romance Writers of America Athena Awards (Paranormal Category). Keyes has spoken at events throughout the US and the UK, and was a featured artist at Pittsburgh's First Night 2019. She is a member of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Pennwriters and Parsec. She also writes award-winning, contemporary romance as Gemma McKay. Keyes is a technical writer and content strategist, teacher, and speaker. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and her boys, Hip-Hop and Bam-Bam, and dog, Duncan MacLeod. Steph is a hopeless romantic and Whovian who's shamelessly addicted to Nutella and spontaneous singing.