Melissa Vazquez lives central Texas with her partner, retired service dog, diva cat, and two mischievous ferrets. Since the age of eleven, her aspiration to write and get published has never faltered, but only grown. As she has branched out online, she has published several informal pieces of writing, through various self publishing tactics. She enjoys internet pop culture, gardening, gaming, weight lifting, and memes that fit her twisted sense of humor.
Shadow Assassins, the first novel in the Second Realm trilogy, is her first major work to be self published, with Warpath following after.
In terms of her writing, Melissa has branched out of modern fantasy and into other genres. She started out as a fanfiction writer at age eleven and grew to writing original fiction. She has written sci-fi, romance, and young adult fiction, none of which are published. There are some projects lined up alongside the Second Realm trilogy, however as the trilogy has her focus and is her main priority, they have been put on the back burner. Past self-published projects include erotic romance and general romantic self-help for teens, although they were published informally and through only one or two websites.
In working with the Second Realm trilogy, she states that her biggest musical influences include Crywolf, Two Steps from Hell, audiomachine, and other artists of similar epic sound. Her biggest literary influences include K.A. Applegate, George R.R. Martin, J.R. Ward, Stephen King, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, among many others.