Lana Harper is the author of four YA novels about modern-day witches and historical murderesses (Wicked Like a Wildfire and Fierce Like a Firestorm from Harper, and Blood Countess and the forthcoming Poison Priestess from Amulet, written under her maiden name, Popovic). Born in Serbia, she grew up in Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, before moving to the US, where she studied psychology and literature at Yale University, law at Boston University, and publishing at Emerson College. She recently moved to Chicago with her family.