Susan Dennard is a marine biologist and Something Strange and Deadly is her debut novel. She was born in 1984 in Georgia and earned her B.A. degree in Fisheries and Statistics from University of Georgia. She went on to earn her Master's in Marine Biology at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research. Her focus turned to writing and out of that came her trilogy that includes 'Something Strange and Deadly', 'A Darkness Strange and Lovely' and 'Strange and Ever After'.