Faith Hunter

American urban fantasy author best known for the New York Times bestselling "Jane Yellowrock" series, beginning with "Skinwalker" (2009), which follows a Cherokee skinwalker who hunts rogue vampires. She also writes the "Soulwood" series and the "Rogue Mage" novels. Before writing full-time, she spent decades working in hospital laboratories. She was born in Louisiana and raised throughout the American South.