August Wright

When she isn't conjuring up new words and worlds, you'll find her haunting bookstores, chasing the echoes of the past in cemeteries, or immersing herself in the eerie atmosphere of horror films.

August has always had a passion for storytelling, from writing poetry and short stories as a teen, to writing full-length fanfictions, earning her nearly a million fandom readers!

"One of the authors that I was obsessed with as a teen (and maybe shouldn't have been, given my age) was VC Andrews. I loved the mix of eerie situations, human darkness, and taboo romances encapsulated into her many series."

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