A former television news producer, Trina has spent over a decade writing for a large audience. A member of the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators, she began writing picture books six years ago, which gave her the courage to write a novel three years later. All of her teen novels are works of contemporary literary fiction. Trina uses events from her childhood, news stories, and classic literature to shape her books.

A perpetual student, Trina is a graduate of the prestigious liberal arts school, Columbia College Chicago--where she landed an internship and later a job at Fox News. At the graduate level, Trina studies British and American literature at Northern Illinois University, where she nearly went blind reading hundreds of small print novels from the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries. After a horse bite, a black eye, and two grey hairs, she managed to pass a class appropriately abbreviated HEL--History of the English Language, where she was tortured with the nauseating task of transcribing Old and Middle English. By the end of the semester, she began speaking and looking like Yoda. Next, Trina will attempt a Ph.D. in English while trying to avoid any of the aforementioned tragedies.

To Trina, writing is her soulmate. Although she has tried to break up with "writing" several times, he always comes back and wants to make up. If are aware of any known cures for this disease called "writer," please contact the author through the appropriately titled webpage.

Trina Sotira is represented by Mark McVeigh of the McVeigh Agency.