By day, Joy Avery works as a customer service assistant. By night, the North Carolina native travels to imaginary worlds--creating characters whose romantic journeys invariably end happily ever after.

Even as a young girl growing up in Garner, Joy knew she wanted to write. Stumbling onto romance novels, she discovered her passion. Instantly she knew that these were the types of stories she wanted to pen.

Joy is married with one child and a spoiled dog.