MJ Heiser was born in the Philippines to an American Navy Mormon and a Filipina Catholic.  She came to the United States as a baby, started reading at the age of three and began to write at the age of 12.  

     Educated in San Antonio, Texas, MJ is an avid student of religion, politics, anthropology and technological gadgetry.  She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and their menagerie of pets and electronic devices.  Apart from writing, she spends her time walking, plotting, being silly, eating sushi and trying to not trip over something.  

     Her first book in the Chronicles of Jaenrye series, Corona, was published first in eReader format February 2010.  Corona:Special Edition contains an all new prologue and expanded chapters and is now available on all eReaders.