Aoife Fallon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where she currently resides with her family and armloads upon armloads of pets, many of them carnivorous. Her hobbies include ...view moreAoife Fallon was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where she currently resides with her family and armloads upon armloads of pets, many of them carnivorous. Her hobbies include reading, climbing trees, cleaning aquariums, and biting her fingers until they bleed.The Rise of the Fire Moon was, for the most part, written and edited when she was 12-15 years old; its publication was delayed due to the author's having the attention span of a rutabaga and going on to write a sequel before editing the book she already had.Fallon currently attends the University of Notre Dame, where she plays saxophone in the marching band.view less