T.J. Chester was born and raised in Gary, Indiana and currently lives in Atlanta, GA. She is an urban fiction author and screenwriter who has earned her Bachelor's degree at Indiana University Northwest and her Master of Fine Arts degree at Full Sail University. She is the author of the Running with Wolves three-part series, Wallflower 1 & 2 and Effie and is currently directing her first feature film "Running With Wolves" inspired by her book series.