Tricia Sullivan was born in New Jersey. She wrote her fi rst novel, Lethe, while teaching secondary school in New York, and then moved to London. Her science fiction novels include the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Dreaming In Smoke, Double Vision, Sound Mind, Someone to Watch Over Me, and the award-nominated novels Lightborn and Maul. She wrote an epic fantasy trilogy under the pseudonym Valery Leith. Her works have been translated into seven languages.
Tricia has trained in martial arts for many years and runs the website of her partner the mixed martial artist Steve Morris.