Della Loredo

Della fell in love with books at an early age and began writing shortly thereafter. Her first piece of fiction was "published" in the form of a play that her sixth-grade class performed for a school assembly at Saticoy Elementary School in her home town of Ventura, California.

Della completed a B.A. in psychology and an M.D. at Loma Linda University in California. Her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology was completed at Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts. Following this, she worked for the Public Health Service in rural Alabama and then returned home to California, where she joined a private practice in Ob/Gyn. After contracting viral encephalitis (an infection of the brain) in 2001, she rediscovered the joy of writing while convalescing.

Della now lives in San Diego with her husband and an ever-changing brood of pets. She has two children: David, studying emergency medical services and English at Pacific Union College; and Ariel, studying veterinary medicine at UC Davis. Visit her at DellaLoredo.com.