Jillian Kuhlmann spent her formative years feeding her overactive imagination with The X-Files and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Writing stories with her best friend during adolescence was preferable to admitting that there wasn't any such thing as fairies or actually mustering up the courage to talk to boys. Her adult fantasy novels, THE HIDDEN ICON and THE DREAD GODDESS, are described as "lyrical and luminous" by award-winning author Laura Bickle.

She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, their two sometimes-feral daughters, and a wicked costume collection.