Hope Schenk-de Michele is the co-author of urban fantasy DEVIL'S DAUGHTER (LUCINDA'S PAWNSHOP, #1).She is a veteran television producer and an entrepreneur in the video post-production and advertising industries. Hope and DEVIL'S DAUGHTER co-author, Paul Marquez, are childhood best friends and share a love of mystery and science fiction. This passion lead them to create the forever young and beautiful daughter of darkness, Lucinda.

A Los Angeles native, Hope currently resides in Toluca Lake, California with her husband of 22 years.