After starting college at sixteen, Kristina M. Serrano graduated from Cape Fear Community College with an Associate's Degree in Arts, as well as a BFA in Creative Writing Fiction and a Certificate in Publishing from The University of North Carolina Wilmington, landing on the dean's and chancellor's lists. She was the Executive Editor and Prose Editor of an online literary magazine, and, while in college, had the privilege of singing the national anthem at four large events. After being late diagnosed as autistic, she developed a passion for learning more about neurodivergent traits and especially statistical differences of how women experience being on the spectrum. SLOW ECHOES is her first published book, but she has dozens of unfinished novels (different genres, all romantic) stored away for a rainy day. She is also a psychic medium/tarot and oracle reader and enjoys gaming in her free time.